England's National Vegetable

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:18 AM

The chip.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:19 AM

The English Concertina,very nice cooked slowly.
alternatively your head.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Paul Burke
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:20 AM

The turnip, aka WAV.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:20 AM

The problem is, after a vegetable has been boiled for an hour, it's hard to tell what it was.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:21 AM

Beef.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:22 AM

Anything that has amusingly grown into a shape resembling a willy. Again, have a look in the mirror.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:22 AM

I don't think my vegetable steamer is big enough to take WAV's head.
And I don't like turnips anyway.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Sleepy Rosie
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:24 AM

What's a vegetable? I thought traditionally the English only ate Kebabs and Cheese Straws.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:59 AM

Oh No.....Not another pointless thread from the WAV Meister...Let it die now, before it's out of nappies. Please

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Chris Green
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 06:02 AM

I think Ruth's hit the nail on the head. Gad, it makes one proud to English doesn't it?

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,Woody
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 06:04 AM

England's National Vegetable = David Franks

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Paul Burke
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 06:04 AM

I suspect it's an impersonation. I don't think even he's that cretinous.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 06:50 AM

Yes he is.

eric

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Stu
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 07:50 AM

Judging by the opening responses on this thread, I would suggest a rotten one.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 08:00 AM

"We lived upon nettles while nettles was good" - The Poor Cotton Weaver

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 08:51 AM

"And her hair hung down in tresses,
Down by the stream that runs through the mill.
She was gathering watercresses,
Was Martha the watercress girl."

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: MarkS
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 09:08 AM

Brussels Sprouts?

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 09:10 AM

The overcooked brussels sprout.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 09:19 AM

In France, cooking veg is no fun;
All those sauces, and not just the one!
The English, however,
Are rather more clever:
Rolling boil for an hour --- you're done!

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 09:20 AM

"From: MarkS - PM
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 09:08 AM

Brussels Sprouts?"

So where does that leave Belgium?

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 10:12 AM

Armchairs.

eric

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 12:29 PM

Ground Elder,the Romans whocame to Britain considered it a delicacy,IFcooked with alitle butter.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 01:06 PM

This is why I always LOG-IN - very dirty tactics indeed...I did NOT start this thread, and could the mods please close it such that, if he/she wishes, it can be restarted by the actual person.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 01:52 PM

Oi WAV.....Are you surprised?????
It wasn't me, but you annoy so many people around here.
Go away and practice

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: s&r
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 03:06 PM

A Swede?

Stu

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,Jonny Sunshine
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 03:09 PM

Just noticed the google ads below this thread are titled "Buy Vegetable PLants" and "Birds Eye TM Fish Fingers"


Anyway, England's national vegatable, as any fule kno, is the Chip

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,EricTheOrange
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 03:09 PM

Stop moaning WAV and go get yourself a job

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 03:29 PM

WAV, I started it.

It was a joke to hopefully highlight the absurdity of your views...

Clearly didn't work...

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 04:20 PM

As an aside, I find the vegetables in England to be much more tasty than in US.

Oh do I mean vegetarians?

Bloody foreigners, coming over here eating all our carrots.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 04:21 PM

'Twill not be found growing,
In our city streets so narrow.
But rooted in good earth,
In the pleasant coutryside,
We find our own English MARROW!

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,surreysinger
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 07:07 PM

Overcooked and OVERBLOWN overboiled cabbage ....

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Bill D
Date: 28 Nov 08 - 08:09 PM

I've been told it MUST be manglewurzle, but most people are unaware so far..

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,Woody
Date: 29 Nov 08 - 05:01 AM

A Mangold-Wurzel's more for a-chuckin' than a-eatin'....

Mangold Hurling Association

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 29 Nov 08 - 05:20 AM

I've got a brand new combine harvester....

Mangold Hurling looks like wonderful fun. Sort of like pulling and hurling gnomes from the Weasley's garden.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 29 Nov 08 - 05:53 AM

Well, some folks like cabbages and some curly kale
But give I boiled parsnips and a good dish of 'taters...

DeG

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 29 Nov 08 - 06:07 AM

The tomato.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Riginslinger
Date: 29 Nov 08 - 09:13 PM

Gordon Brown

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: goatfell
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 09:59 AM

a tumshie

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Stu
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 10:18 AM

"The tomato."

Is the tomato a vegetable?

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 10:24 AM

"Gordon Brown "
bugger - pipped at the post
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: goatfell
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 10:25 AM

a tumshie is a what you English called a swede, but here in Scotland a turnip

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: goatfell
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 10:27 AM

And Gordon Brown is Scottish, but then he does like an old English which prises England so in a way he's is Englsih like the rest of the Scottish Polticatins

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Rowan
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 04:48 PM

"The tomato."

Is the tomato a vegetable?

Actually it's a fruit with enough sweetness to sweeten sauces and savour to eat before you get into dessert. But I'd always thought it to have arrived in Europe from MesoAmerica, discounting its Englishness a trifle.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 04:56 PM

I repeat - I did NOT start this thread, which should, thus, be closed and, perhaps, restarted by the starter under his/her OWN name/nickname...may I suggest, if it's not taken, "The Fruitcake".

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: ard mhacha
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:07 PM

Wayne Rooney.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:27 PM

Actually it's a fruit with enough sweetness to sweeten sauces and savour to eat before you get into dessert. But I'd always thought it to have arrived in Europe from MesoAmerica, discounting its Englishness a trifle.

Pragmatically the tomato is a vegetable; pedantically it is, of course, a fruit. As for provenance - surely the whole point is that, like tomatoes, English Culture is entirely borrowed from elsewhere. Thus do I stand by my suggestion.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: The Sandman
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:56 PM

The leader of The English Democrats.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 01 Dec 08 - 03:34 AM

I'm beginning to think that WAV is finally getting the point....God, It's a slow process though.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Stu
Date: 01 Dec 08 - 03:51 AM

" I did NOT start this thread, which should, thus, be closed and, perhaps,"

Commatastic!

The onion.

Subject: RE: England's National Vegetable
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 01 Dec 08 - 04:06 AM

I don't much care for the "is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?" question, because of its use in making children feel stupid and/or inferior. Many vegetables are technically or botanically fruits.

In a culinary sense, I think of a tomato as a vegetable. I would not serve tomato compote as dessert, as I would apple, pear, peach, etc., compote. Does the song "Billy Boy" (supposedly a parody of the ballad "Lord Randall") contain the verse "Can she bake a tomato pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?" No, it does not.