ILX DECIDES THE BEST VEGETABLE: A POLL

Ingins or tatties for the win.

neep-off

this is probably the most elaborate response to a throwaway challop in ILX history and i'm voting mushy peas

i'm nothing if not a) thorough and b) prone to bursts of filigreed passive-aggressiveness

it's all love bg

all love here too

unless mushy peas win obv

voted broccoli cos it never gets love and its like eating miniature trees

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gotta be potato (posts very much as racial stereotype)

don't even think of potato as a vegetable tbh tho.

if we were voting non-staple vegetables i might go asparagus

Tough choice between tomato (because of the perfect summer tomato sandwich) and onion (because there aren't many non-dessert things I make that don't start with me sweating onion and garlic in some olive oil).

ctl-f "collard"

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wtf

YAMS but I almost picked eggplant

NickB & LocalGarda OTM, it's very quaint to pretend the answer isn't potato but POTATO.

https://pics.me.me/vote-now-justin-bieber-potato-24476443.png

Onions and tomatoes are so useful, they'd be the hardest to do without.

i'd have happily included justin bieber as a vegetable if someone had nominated him tbh

chips are beyond reproach, roasties & creamy mash are incredible but only occasional treats. otherwise potatoes are no way near as useful, delicious or versatile as onions or toms, they are the wicked idol of the bland-palated sauce-denying ascetic

ctl-f "collard"

...

wtf

just vote mushy peas, everyone else is

Cucumber is the only one of these that I'll eat raw, fresh out of the garden. Plus they are handy in raitas and tzatziki. And tabouleh!

Corn was a very close runner-up - not only for it's cob variation, but also for it's ingenious use in such dishes as Fritos.

generously seasoned mashed potatoes, with sour cream and butter are pretty amazing for something so simple to prepare. Irish style mash with cabbage/leeks cooked in milk + butter, rules as well. But onions and tomatoes are so much more important to me.

Actually I think Welsh Rarebit is pretty amazing and underrated, and that incorporates all three of the best!

okra man

bhindi masala

shahi bhindi bhuna

i could also say hot peppers

Would have voted chiles w no hesitation, went w seaweed cuz underrated.

This poll is impossible. There is no such thing as a "best vegetable" in the singular. The entire category only makes sense in the plural.

I'm voting for artichokes. There are a bunch of vegetables on here that are totally essential, extremely versatile ingredients in many different dishes, like tomatoes and onions and various others. These are great vegetables that deserve appreciation.

Artichokes, OTOH, are not versatile or essential, but they are fun and exciting. Artichokes are special event vegetables that can elevate a meal to that next level. I like to think of them as the crab legs of the vegetable world.

a prune isn't really a vegetable

cabbage is a vegetable, makes it okay

I never use cabbage, but I want to try recreating the delicious Hungarian cabbage rolls we'd have at my grandparents' house.

Cuke

I voted correctly

was going to vote beetroot, but "onions" are kinda the foundation of all life. this is hard.

no bitter greens no credibility

as a fat delivery vehicle nothing beats aubergine cooked properly (in gallons of oil).

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this is going to be fractious

Every year during asparagus season, I make certain to eat as much as I can. I never get tired of it, but then I have so little opportunity, since the season is only about two months here. I t was either asparagus or some workhorse vegetable that I eat three to five times a week in some form. I went with the much-adored, but less overexposed choice. But to tell the truth, I have a list of about twenty "favorite" vegetables, so my vote is bound to be a lie of omission.

DJP otm

Potato. Lame choice, I guess, but there's really no food as satisfying to me as fingerlings chopped, tossed with olive oil and seasoning/spices and roasted for 45 minutes.

Brussel sprouts, the roast Brussels sprouts with ponzu sauce I had for lunch were the best..

potato

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Boring

THE RADISH ROBBED

Broccoli

hell yes. the underdog

There are some weird vegetable names in here. Mange tout? Summer squash? Whats wrong with snowpeas and zucchini.

And no pumpkin?

https://68.media.tumblr.com/e189209f896e56851eec095129c14836/tumblr_inline_oruh4p6jXZ1uexloe_540.gif

These are possibly the worst poll results ever on ILX

strong showing for mushy peas

and everyone else

Was that

Was that an Irish accent attempt at 'silent fuck'?

should have been 'fook'

I see that a lot

It's wrong

That's a Manchester accent

We say fuck

ta fook you say

Seriously we say fuck

I mean I know this to be true we say it a lot

I submit to your natural authority regarding this fact.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIjyO1mVoAAo6wd.jpg

Chilling

Is there an organism that isn't.....?
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Oh food, yeah I can take it or leave it, whatever *dies quickly*

https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/2017/07/main/articles/071417_MT_tardigarde_main_free.jpg

Some tardigrades can withstand temperatures down to 1 K (−458 °F; −272 °C) (close to absolute zero) while others can withstand 420 K (300 °F; 150 °C)[12] for several minutes, pressures about six times greater than those found in the deepest ocean trenches, ionizing radiation at doses hundreds of times higher than the lethal dose for a human, and the vacuum of outer space.[13] They can go without food or water for more than 30 years, drying out to the point where they are 3% or less water, only to rehydrate, forage, and reproduce.

Looks fuckin delicious

that li'l mouth on the tardigrade always looks like an aux jack to me, like it's a squidgy mp3 player designed by david cronenberg

TardigRadeS

should have been 'fook'

― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, August 30, 2017 8:31 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I see that a lot

It's wrong

That's a Manchester accent

We say fuck

― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Wednesday, August 30, 2017 8:32 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ta fook you say

― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, August 30, 2017 8:42 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously we say fuck

I mean I know this to be true we say it a lot

― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Wednesday, August 30, 2017 8:52 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I submit to your natural authority regarding this fact.

― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, August 30, 2017 9:00 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

First thing that popped in my head when you started talking about Irish people saying 'fuck':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8&feature=youtu.be&t=1m3s

Fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8&feature=youtu.be&t=1m3s

Last try

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8

This carrot looks.. as if it wants to be an astronaut so badly pic.twitter.com/AUKIMPF6nT

— ✝ (@Baelitt) September 18, 2017

God, I wish someone had voted for some space carrots