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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:29 AM
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I love it, dammit...

Spinach.

Asparagus.

Broccoli.

Cauliflower.

Celery.

Rhubarb.

Lima beans.

and....

Brussels sprouts.

All of 'em...I love 'em, dammit and I'm PROUD.

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hickman

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:32 AM
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1. Agree about everything except lima beans.

And rubarb unless its cooked with honey or sugar.

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:35 AM
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3. I've gotten my kids to love all of 'em

Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 12:36 AM by reyd reid reed

except the lima beans. They can't stand 'em either. I mean...huh? I just don't get it.

And rhubarb's gotta have lots of sugar...I've been wanting a strawberry rhubarb pie for months now but it's been too damn hot to bake one. Now that it's cooling off...the season's over. Although I do have two quarters of strawberries sitting at home in the fridge, waiting for me...

:9

Yummmmmmm....

(edited to add: Whoops...not just the lima beans. I haven't gotten them to go for the brussels sprouts, either.)

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hickman

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Tue Sep-05-06 01:18 AM
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7. Lima beans are slimy on the outside,

and mushy on the inside. My kids loved vegetables. They would not except a lima bean if it was attached to candy. I wonder if I influenced them?

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 01:21 AM
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8. Really?

Now...okra's like that but...maybe I cook 'em different? My lima beans aren't slimy or mushy. They're smooth on the outside and just a bit crisp so's they almost snap when you bite 'em.

I forgot okra though...slimy and mushy or crispy and fried...YUMMMMMMMMM...

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hickman

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Tue Sep-05-06 02:04 AM
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9. Here in Michigan it's been in the 70's for two weeks.

My neighbor has been baking and cooking for 2 weeks. Cool nights and days of smelling what ever herbs and spices that Albanians cook with are driving me to learn how to cook outside midwestern cooking.

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:42 AM
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30. Oh, isn't it fun to try new things?

Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't...but it's always an adventure.

:hi:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:35 AM
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2. I'm with you, sweetie!

I love 'em all too......

Except

Lima beans.........you can have my share, OK? :puke:

The rest are simply wonderful!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:37 AM
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6. I can't figure out what it is about lima beans that people don't like...

:shrug:

Leaves more for me, though.

:)

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LadyoftheRabbits

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:36 AM
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4. I'm cool with...

Lima beans, broccoli, cauliflower, and fresh spinach. :P :hi:

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:37 AM
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5. Cool!

Why don't more people like lima beans? I LOVE succotash...yummmmmm...

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Richard Steele

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Tue Sep-05-06 02:09 AM
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10. No cabbage?

And how do you feel about fennel?

Yer not one of them anti-fennelites, are you?

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:19 AM
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20. Fennel ROCKS

It's absolutely necessary sometimes...without fennel, life wouldn't be worth living...

Cabbage, on the other hand, I can do without very nicely, thankyouverymuch.

(My mom used to boil it with hot dogs....:puke: )

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Broken_Hero

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Tue Sep-05-06 02:12 AM
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11. Thats good

and I'm doing my part, by not eating them...so you can have more...how nice of me...:) :hi:

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:23 AM
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21. So generous of you...

But you just don't know what you're missing out on.

And...none of 'em?

Poor, deprived soul.

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Robeson

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Tue Sep-05-06 02:22 AM
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12. I agree.

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:25 AM
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22. YAY!!!

I was starting to feel like an outcast. Like a pariah. Like a....

Lima bean lover.

:hi:

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Duer 157099

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Tue Sep-05-06 02:25 AM
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13. Another proud lima bean lover here

I like everything you've listed. In fact, I can't really think of any fruits/veggies that I don't like, although I'm sure some exist.

But lima beans? With some butter, salt and pepper? Yum!

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:30 AM
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23. Oh, yummmmmm!

A kindred spirit...

:hi:

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Guava Jelly

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Tue Sep-05-06 05:10 AM
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14. you know what i love?

Spinach
Eggs
X-ray vision
:evilgrin:
:rofl:

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:31 AM
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24. My mom used to serve hard-boiled eggs With spinach...

I don't, though.

Now...the x-ray vision has possibilities...in the right circumstances.

C'mere...

:evilgrin:

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Guava Jelly

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Tue Sep-05-06 11:02 AM
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31. Woo hoo

:woohoo:
:evilgrin:

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miss_american_pie

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Tue Sep-05-06 07:18 AM
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15. Mmmmm

And now I am so in the mood to make rhubarb pie. :hi:

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billyskank

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Tue Sep-05-06 07:18 AM
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16. Mmmmmm...pie

:loveya:

;)

:D

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miss_american_pie

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Tue Sep-05-06 07:25 AM
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17. Hey you

:loveya:

:hi:

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:35 AM
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26. Mmmmmmm...

I love rhubarb pie. Warm with ice cream.

:9

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bridgit

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Tue Sep-05-06 07:31 AM
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18. several of those make you gas'y right...

x( there's always gas-x i suppose :thumbsup:

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:37 AM
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27. That's what I hear...

But what's weird is that I've never noticed it. But I can eat beans without that particular problem, too.

I guess I've got an iron stomach?

:shrug:

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1gobluedem

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Tue Sep-05-06 08:16 AM
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19. Blech to cauliflower and rhubarb

Love the rest of them. ESPECIALLY lima beans -- my favorite!

My name for Brussels Sprouts when I was a kid: grumple stones. My family still calls them that.

I don't see any reason for cauliflower to exist, though. It has no taste and a terrible texture.

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:39 AM
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28. It doesn't have much taste, I'll admit

But that makes people's dislike of it that much more puzzling.

But...I gave up trying to figure people out loooong ago.

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1gobluedem

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Tue Sep-05-06 11:05 AM
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32. The mushy texture is what turns me off

I am very fussy about the texture of my food.

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Left Is Write

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:33 AM
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25. I love spinach, asparagus, broccoli and lima beans too.

I don't mind celery and sometimes put it in soup or hotdish, but I don't eat it plain.

I don't care for cauliflower, rhubarb, or brussels sprouts.

Load me up on the spinach, asparagus, broccoli, and lima beans, though!

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reyd reid reed

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Tue Sep-05-06 10:41 AM
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29. Yay!!!

I like cauliflower much better when it's cooked in butter but mostly I eat it mixed with other veggies...it really doesn't have much flavor on its own. Brussels sprouts I love...always have. And rhubarb...yummmm.

Out of all of 'em, I think asparagus is probably my favorite. Might be my favorite vegetable period. I love that stuff...I could sit down and make a meal of it.

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MissMillie

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:46 PM
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33. I'd eat all that

not so much w/ the "love" when it comes to Rhubarb and lima beans, but I'd eat them. Spinach, asparagas, broccoli and brussels sprouts.... LOVE!!!!

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