In a regular week, what fruit and veg will your family typically eat? Has it changed sinced you were in the UK?
Us
Broccoli
Kale
Asparagus
Peas (frozen)
Carrots
Corn (Frozen and fresh in season)
Celery
Lettuce
Tomatos
Cucumbers
Mushrooms
Onion
Garlic
Apples
Bananas
Oranges
Strawberries
one of grapes, melon, some other seasonal fruit this week it's kiwis, cherries and nectarines for me and canteloupe for the boy sprogs. Girl sprog and hubby will have to make do with regular stock D
The only thing that's really changed it the addition of Asparagus, fresh corn and strawberries. they were all too expensive in the UK. Finding mushrooms damn pricey here right now, but can't give 'em up.
Becoming incredibly veggie here and your list includes all ours, cept for the Kale, which I grow and can't even give away, also can't kill the bloody plant, uprooted it twice and on it goes.
Beans, white, black, pinto, dried or canned or homegrown.
Apricots, all but being given away here, cherries, a good season but too pricey, mangos, which I love and make into salsas and whips.
We've always leant toward Med. eating, red meat one a week, loads of vegies and fruits.
I love the veggies but fruit, not so keen, a banana ain't a banana once it's ripe. lol
Farmers markets locally do a good selection of everything. I think basically we don't eat as much citrus, mainly cos of med probs but we ate our share back home so it's not a problem.
Haven't really changed my choice of vegetables much other than eating corn on the cob. Do not like "cucumber" but still like "english cucumber" very much. Iceberg is crap and always has been. Am still put off buying fresh bagged spinach. I will eat campari tomatoes or those that still have the vine attached. Do not like those humungous tasteless variety tomatoes whatsoever.
I eat a lot more melon here than I did in the UK. However, notice the family will not eat it unless I skin it and cut it up into sanitary looking cubes like they sell it in the supermarket for an inflated price.
I find it funny when I go to the checkout and the young gormless Saturday kid does not know what kind of vegetable brussel sprouts or parsnips are. Also found it funny when Dianey Jr had a friend round for dinner and didn't know you could buy such large carrots. (Must've been used to those bagged baby carrots and never seen a real one in her life)
I only eat two vegetables
meat
potatoes
Cashier"Whats this?"
Me "Thats a Leek"
Cashier "What kind of mushroom is this?"
Me "A Mushroom, I don't know, a regular mushroom"
Its strange how nasty some veg is here. I've avoided the Asparagus successfully for a couple of years- anything over three days and its not worth putting in soup. You have to be nice to Asparagus, thats why it costs so much to produce it. Out of the ground, through the processing and onto the shelf by the next day. The bent ones or the ones with bits missing out of the top go in the soup pot, whats left gets ploughed back in or fed to the livestock.
Happy though that its summer and the Farmers market is on every saturday down town.
I must admit, my red meat consumption went up a fair bit after moving over but now its dropped way down, we eat fish and white meat about once a week, I cook veggie a great deal because i just can't face all of that processed meat- and buying organic meat is too expensive.
We eat bananas cos when they get too brown I make banana cake, Oranges, limes and lemons (goes well with Gin) spuds now and then, green veg like beans, broccoli and cabbage, Mushrooms by the crate, tons of tomatoes, lettuce, the cucumbers alright if you peel it - save the english ones for Pimms - Apples, strawberries rhubarb lately cos everybody wants my crumble I've been taking donations of the stuff- fresh herbs are good too and spinach if they've got it organic at the grocery. Green peppers cos they're cheaper than the other ones and lots of carrots. We watch other people shopping and I'm surprised, still, by the lack of green stuff people eat. Ketchup is not a vegetable, nor, strangely enough, is cheese. though you would imagine it was by the way its used to garnish everything.
Oh, and Olives for my Martini's and Gardinera for my sangwiches.
Mrs S takes nuts and funky dried fruit like peaches and pineapple to work as a snack instead of the junk you're sposed to take. I don't take lunch cos I get home before breakfast.. just coffee..oops rambling, roll
They don't like peas over here do they?
we eat a lot of veggies .
i mostly like as a second veg (first being potato in its many forms ) any or all of the below
carrots
peas
sprouts
onions
mushrooms * not really a veggie *
lettuce
snow peas (pea pods )
broccoli
cauliflower
tomatoes
corn on the cob
asparacus
garlic
Beans /mostly baked hienz
fruit
bananas/ with custard , or as a banana split
apples / pie with ice cream
pears
grapes /as in wine ;-)
pineapple
cherries
strawberrys/ with ice cream and coolwhip
Melanie eats all of those and more in a lot of salads
They don't like peas over here do they?
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Wife is vegetarian so Asparagus rules, closely followed by mushrooms. Fruit and Veg in Supermarket is completely inedible so we are totally reliant on the fruit markets that about around here.
so we are totally reliant on the fruit markets that about around here.
Well, you do live in San Fran so you should be alright. ;)
so we are totally reliant on the fruit markets that about around here.
Well, you do live in San Fran so you should be alright. ;)
Indeed we are tres lucky..
They don't like peas over here do they?
Totally agree with you there, its easier to find bloody artichokes than peas!
Roasted parsnips are the best...
I drink a glass of low salt V8 juice most mornings accented with a measure or two of vodka, which is nice.