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PROMPTS WEEK 2 - January 2023 - Non-Judgmental Blogging

* Favorite Vegetable - Time for vegetable ranking. What's your favorite and how do you like it? What's least favorite and why? Would you eat it a a formal dinner to be polite?

I love vegetables, let me put that out there. There are none I hate, well I don’t think so but I’ve not given artichokes a fair go. My favourites of all time are Brussel Sprouts. I know they’re not most people’s choice but they remind me of Christmas. On reflection I probably have a fondness for them because of a childhood memory, which I actually had forgotten until just now. Flashback seventy years, a very young me and my dad on a frosty morning in the vegetable garden. One of those mornings when your hands hurt because of the cold. Mittened little hands picking those delightful miniature cabbages. There’s something magical about the way they grow on the stalk, bright green balls of goodness. Of course they need to be cooked just right, not undercooked because they can be bitter and not over cooked when they’ve lost their bright green colour and shape. School dinners have a lot to answer for.
My least favourite would be cooked celery. Raw is fine, nice and crunchy, but cooked not so fine. However I would still eat it if presented to me at a dinner party.
Now I’m getting hungry for a plate of mixed vegetables stir fried with Oyster Sauce.