Which vegetable is the one you most enjoy preparing, and which is the least?

[The Peepmaster]

I enjoy preparing spring cabbage, but hate peeling and chopping swede.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

I'm none too fond of suede myself - very tough, very leathery.

[Vulture]

Turnips - so hard to peel and chop up.

New potatoes - a quick rinse and bung them in a pan!

[The Peepmaster]

I'm none too fond of suede myself - very tough, very leathery.

Thanks, Tarks. I hadn't noticed my slip!

I like your answer, Vulch. I'm assuming you're giving them in a different order.

[Vulture]

I'm none too fond of suede myself - very tough, very leathery.

Thanks, Tarks. I hadn't noticed my slip!

I like your answer, Vulch. I'm assuming you're giving them in a different order.

Look - you know I'm Chinese. We read things from right to left!

[The Peepmaster]

Actually, turnip is quite like swede. I remember my Mum gave me a tip about peeling swede. She said the trick was to slice it first. Then you can peel the "rim" more easily.

(I hope Mince is enjoying these girlie threads I'm making that are nothing to do with football.)

[Malc]

Girls have never liked articles about peeling swedes, unless that swede was Dolph Lundgren.

Women only care about shopping, themselves, and sex, though pretend to be ambivalent about the latter.

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There you go, Peeps, that's how you get a thread going, never mind kitchen hints, this isn't the People's Friend.

[The Peepmaster]

Dose of clap.








I didn't have the nerve to post that on the other thread.

[Diane CBPFC]

I have been waiting for this dream thread to come along for neigh on ten years now - a fascinating subject!

Best: Frozen somethings - lets say sweet baby peas
Least: peeling sweet potatoes (much like turnips, but with even harder to get at curvey bits)- I'm sure Malc knows what I'm talking about with his opinions about women.

[Vulture]

Women only care about shopping, themselves, and sex, though pretend to be ambivalent about the latter.

Thanks for this, Malc. It explains a lot about you! 

[Malc]

You know it's true.

[The Peepmaster]

Spring cabbage... You lay each leaf out on the chopping board, then cut out the stalk with the point of a knife. There's something very therapeutic about that, almost artistic.

Er.. that's what women tell me, anyway.

[Joan]

Girls have never liked articles about peeling swedes, unless that swede was Dolph Lundgren.

Women only care about shopping, themselves, and sex, though pretend to be ambivalent about the latter.

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There you go, Peeps, that's how you get a thread going, never mind kitchen hints, this isn't the People's Friend.

You know, I think the only person pretending around here is Malc - to be a MCP, whereas really he's just a big sweetheart.

Personally, I've never pretended to be or been ambivalent about sex.  As for preparing vegetables, I'm with Diane on the easiest being frozen.  The hardest for me is definitely pumpkin, all varieties - the equivalent difficulty to a turnip, except they don't really have turnips here, just wee swedes.  Bjorn Borg would have been my choice for a proper Swede to peel.

[Diane CBPFC]

 Bjorn Borg would have been my choice for a proper Swede to peel.

See what you have done now Nige with this racy topic! ? you have made Brussels sprouts seem smutty.

[The Peepmaster]

I do a Sunday roast dinner every Wednesday, (Lucy and her lad, Josh come round), and so I've just been out to get the veg for that. I bought a pack of pre-diced carrot and swede mix, broccoli, potatoes, and a few more carrots in case the mix doesn't stretch far enough.

Tonight I'm doing chicken, so I have some bread sauce too. (A packet mix.)

I have to say I'm quite an expert at roast dinners. Most commonly I do a joint of pork; and the roast potatoes are always crispy, as is the crackling. I also make brilliant gravy from the juices, vegetable water, stock cube, and corn flour.

We've got profiteroles for afters, with cream. I bought them in ready made. I'll probably open a bottle of wine to wash it all down.