These are America’s favorite vegetables —
and most hated
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Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
6/18/2019 5:19:53 AM
According to a new poll, America’s favorite vegetable has been crowned — and it may not be what you expect.
A new survey of 2,000 Americans officially crowned our favorite vegetable and the new king of veggies is…corn! Cracking the top three along with corn, which yielded 91.4% of survey respondents saying they liked it, were potatoes (91.2%), barely missing out on the No. 1 spot. Carrots and tomatoes tied for third at 89%.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
poliposter 6/18/2019 6:25:00 AM (No. 100443)
I never tried a turnip until I was an adult #1. My mother-in-law mashed them in mashed potatoes. They are excellent that way. Gives the potatoes some "oomph!" Maryland tomatoes will always be my favorite. After that, anything roasted (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots) in the oven is delicious. The vegetables caramelize and almost tastes like candy!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley 6/18/2019 6:57:25 AM (No. 100464)
I don't much care for vegetables. My parents forced those old country yucks down my throat as a kid under threat of beating. Peppers, cooked tomatoes and onions still make me gag 60 years later. I'm an adult now.
I don't have to eat them.
But when I do eat a vegetable, its taters. Natures perfect food and hard to do wrong.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
StormCnter 6/18/2019 7:58:09 AM (No. 100491)
I love tomatoes best of all. The idea of a sandwich or burger without tomatoes is terrible, but I don't like onions on either of those. I'm very fond of cucumbers, carrots, asparagus and cabbage. The rest of the world can have spinach, turnips, rutabegas, avocados. I won't miss any of those..
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
SabraJet 6/18/2019 8:01:55 AM (No. 100494)
Did I miss something? Corn and Potatoes are not vegetables. They are complex carbs. I know, veggies have carbs too, but still not really the same category unless you are lumping all things grown in the grown as vegetables.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
kayworthy 6/18/2019 8:22:29 AM (No. 100513)
I recently discovered parsnips, a sweet and unusual tasting root vegetable. After getting nasty stomach issues three times I did some research and found parsnips contain furocoumarins, a natural toxin, and should be peeled before cooking. But even that didnt help. Parsnips are now on my taboo list.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 6/18/2019 8:31:39 AM (No. 100515)
I don't eat enough vegetables but when I do Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus are a good choice. Like others have said, potatoes and corn should be categorized differently. French fries and corn chips undermine the idea of eating your vegetables.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rather Read 6/18/2019 8:32:06 AM (No. 100516)
I wonder why kale isn't on the list? I like cole slaw and one of the eating places on campus was offering kale slaw so I tried it. Bitter, nasty, tough, I loathed it. But then, I don't really like vegetables all that much. I like salads and onions either cooked or raw but most vegetables leave me cold.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chance_232 6/18/2019 8:39:05 AM (No. 100523)
If we are talking about raw veggies, i despise carrots.
Any veggie can be delicious if prepared properly. Artichokes are at the top of my list. You wont find my prep in a cookbook.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
GO3 6/18/2019 8:47:42 AM (No. 100533)
Well, if we're being technical about it, tomatoes (one of my favorites) are a fruit, not a vegetable.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
harleynyc 6/18/2019 8:57:53 AM (No. 100540)
Broccoli Rabe rules. Aww fuhgeddaboudit, you people never been to my neighborhood.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
anonymous 6/18/2019 9:02:09 AM (No. 100546)
I love tomatoes. In fact, I need to have some form of tomato every day. From tomato sauce to grilled tomato to sliced fresh tomato, it has to be part of my daily diet. I've taken a particular liking to sun-dried tomatoes in recent years, and like to combine them with a thin slice of cheese in a fresh bread roll. I do like corn, too. It can be very sweet after it's boiled and still on the warm side when eaten.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
padiva 6/18/2019 9:13:43 AM (No. 100561)
Asparagus is good for the kidneys. The thinner stalks taste better.
Beets are great. Fresh, that is. Easy to cook in the slow cooker. Then added to tossed salad.
Roasted veggies are wonderful.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 6/18/2019 9:47:51 AM (No. 100594)
Corn is NOT a vegetable. Corn is a grain.
I don't think potatoes are vegetables, either.
And, ultimately.....who cares what other people like to eat? Is there a
more irrelevant topic to waste bandwidth on?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Texas Tillie 6/18/2019 10:16:29 AM (No. 100642)
Yes to those who posted that potatoes are not vegetables. They are a starch that belong in the same category as rice and pasta. Corn maybe can be counted as a vegetable. The only vegetable I've never eaten is beets. My mother said I did projectile spitting the first time she tried to make me eat beets when I was an infant. She waited a month or so and tried again and my response was the same. She gave up as I was eating all the other vegetables. Lo and behold, 72 years later, I still don't eat beets.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hershey 6/18/2019 10:22:35 AM (No. 100647)
Wow, a poll based on 2000 out of a population of 325 Million...what is the percentage on that...???
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
zoidberg 6/18/2019 10:24:16 AM (No. 100653)
I like almost all vegetables, but kale is one of my least favorite.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 6/18/2019 10:31:14 AM (No. 100660)
My wife brought home some brussle sprouts once. UUUGHHH! What do I do?
Braised in vegetable stock
Broiled with some garlic
Serve with balsamic vinegar.
Delicious! I'm really smart!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
dbdiva 6/18/2019 10:37:57 AM (No. 100665)
I love brussel sprouts if they are roasted. In fact roasting is my favorite way to prepare any vegetable. When I was still in the high chair my favorite vegetables were carrots and spinach. One morning when my mom got me ready for the day she found that I had turned a pale shade of orange. She rushed me to our doctor thinking I was suffering from some rare disease. The doctor took one look at me and asked mom if I ate a lot of carrots. She told him that carrots were pretty much all I would eat. Well, he said make her eat something else. Problem solved not withstanding a tantrum or two on my part.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ramona 6/18/2019 10:40:19 AM (No. 100666)
Cooking is the key to making most veggies tolerable and even desirable. I hated mushy Brussels spouts as a kids but now I oven roast them with a little bacon (ok, more than a little bacon) and they are the big hit at any pot luck. I also grew up with all the old root veggies - turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, and if prepared properly these are all very nice. I love to mash rutabaga with potatoes - gives the taters a sweet, lovely flavor. I'm not big on tomatoes, though. As a kid I found them to be slimy and I didn't care for the taste. My German grandma would pour several tablespoons of sugar on a thick slice of tomato and even that didn't appeal to me. Oh, and the grill is your friend if you want tasty veggies. I now enjoy asparagus and eggplant, two more species that I always detested, when properly prepared on the grill. And sweet potatoes/yams on the grill -oh my, now that's good veggies!
Ramona (the Pest)
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Shells 6/18/2019 12:00:41 PM (No. 100761)
We had a very fun/contentious family discussion recently on whether or not tomatoes should be salted. People have very strong opinions about this! I say, sea salt the little buggers like crazy.
And yes, just about any roasted vegetable is yummy.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MamaLo 6/18/2019 12:20:01 PM (No. 100773)
I find that a healthy dose of organic coconut oil tossed with kale makes it much easier to tip into the garbage bin. ;-)
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Peeps 6/18/2019 3:15:27 PM (No. 100900)
Anything RAW. Celery, carrots, broccoli, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, sugar snap peas, asparagus, tomatoes, onion....
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 6/18/2019 3:18:59 PM (No. 100904)
My mother always said that she had strange children because she never had to force us to eat our veggies. I am a self-professed veggieholic. I love them and am always looking for ways to include the in meals. My homemade pasta sauce, which I made just last night, includes onions, shredded carrots, parsnips, green pepper, red bell pepper, mushrooms and diced garlic, along with the tomatoes. I use onions when I can and diced celery for added flavor to soups and casseroles. A favorite side dish is made with potatoes, green pepper, onions and minced garlic and roasted. Occasionally I add root veggies like carrots and parsnips to create a new flavor profile.
Veggies depend on proper cooking techniques. It is too easy to throw them in the microwave and nuke the life out of them. I prefer to actually enjoy my veggies by preparing them properly.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Penney 6/18/2019 7:11:41 PM (No. 101038)
I have always liked all vegetables, some more than others but still I like them all.
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Turnips would be at the bottom of my list, too.