Why do I cook vegetables?

[Zak33]

Carrots, mushrooms, cabbage, peas, broccoli, cauliflower....

why do I cook them?

it's utter madness....they are so SO nice raw!

I deliberately kill the vit c with heat, soften the things, lose some of their taste, AND warm the planet doing it.

Anyone know why?

[sleepyhead]

Because you like to warm the planet

Maybe you like the warm, bland taste?

Only you know why you like to mushify veggies.

Speaking of carrots, woman at work brough carrot sticks in for a snakc, I think I ate most of them.

[sammyc]

to have something hot this weather, should think. never heard anyone say 'go and get a nice cold meal inside you...'

Originally Posted by sleepyhead

Speaking of carrots, woman at work brough carrot sticks in for a snakc, I think I ate most of them.

thought that said snake then (i really did, not trying to be funny).. conjured up a very strange image!!

[sleepyhead]

Oops, sorry about my typing. It's never very good on a wireless keyboard.

It maybe a cultural background that it's expected of you to cook veggies?

[DDY]

I prefer my veg cooked sometimes.

e.g. I prefer soft carrots in my pies and cauliflower hot so the cheese melts on it.

I also think it's cruel to eat veg alive, it's more humane dumping them in boiling water and then consuming them once they've died.

[sammyc]

Originally Posted by sleepyhead

Oops, sorry about my typing.

lol it's not your typo, it's me being too dim to realise it would obviously be 'snack' not snake. bring snake to work - feed it carrots - not too likely

[sleepyhead]

LoL...carrot eating snake...be kinda cool if they existed...shame they don't really have the ability to chew....just swallow...whole.

[Funkstar]

Originally Posted by Zak33

why do I cook them?

Perhaps it's because raw veg doesn't go very well with a lot of food?

Or cooked veg actually has a different taste, not necesarily better or worse?

Or raw veg can be pretty boring?

Lets face it, lesagne would be pretty rubbish if you cooked everything and then sprinkled raw peppers into the sause.

I know you like you "surprised" posts, how amazed you are at something you have discovered Zak, but this one is just weird!

[tiggerai]

As already mentioned, some veg are better cooked (but in my books, only just cooked... still Al dente plz)

I don't like the taste or texture of cooked veg.

My family now do me a little pot of raw veg with my sunday dinner. Some things need cooking though.

Raw: Carrots, Swede, cabbage, cauliflower
Cooked: Green beans, leeks, potatoes (obv)
Peas are a funny one, can eith them either way, but have to be cooked with mint (pinty meas!)

[Funkstar]

peas = NO!

just no.

Raw swede? you are a strange one.

Add to the cooked list: Parsnips! (roasted with honey and sesame seeds)

[Salazaar]

Raw sweetcorn (except baby sweetcorn)... yuk.

Most root vegatables taste really good when roasted, just to the point where the sugars start to caramelise...

[0iD]

Light cooking in some cases makes them easier to digest. I always use what water is left to make gravy with.
Plus it's true, some veg, such as asparagus, swede, turnip, parsip, sprouts taste better for it. Finely chopped sprouts add a great flavour to any stir fry. Poles apart from their taste if boiled, much sweeter.

[pollaxe]

I love carrot raw but hate the taste of it boiled. Some veg can be a bit woody if it's not boiled up a bit though.

[GAteKeeper]

Plant cell walls are made of cellulose, which is very difficult to digest which is why we cook things, break cells apart allowing the goodness to be extracted in the gut more efficiently.

Having said that raw veggies are nice!!

Carrots are nice, broccolli stork is scrummy, raw mushrooms with salt and worcester sauce are to die for sometimes!!!

GK

[TheAnimus]

because if you don't boil them for a good while, the wheelchair is still to hard to digest easily.

[Paulm@scan]

ALL Vegetables are nice

the best of the being

Sprouts
Carrots and Swede
Parsnips

there are loads and there all ACE