What are your favorite fruits and vegetables?

[animefan94]

I’d love to hear about your favorites. I really like that so many of them have different colors, flavors, even pleasant scents.

[Hidden]

Butternut squash, parsnips, peas of any kind, sweet potatoes, lentils, bananas, nectarines, cherries, strawberries, apples, pears, Swedes, turnips and red and green cabbage are my favourites.

[Veteran250 in reply to Hidden]

Pink lady apples are sweet and delicious…. You can buy them in most Uk supermarkets.

I buy them sliced and sealed in a celefane bag, just the right amount to have with a main meal salad!

[BTCCET]

Fresh peas straight from the pod, corn on the cob and mangetout are my all time favourites and in fruit, pears and strawberries😋

[animefan94 in reply to BTCCET]

Oh yes pears! I love pears too

[springcross in reply to BTCCET]

Fresh as the moment when the pod went pop! 😁 Remember that?

[BTCCET in reply to springcross]

I do 👍

[Isinatra in reply to BTCCET]

Ok, B, what are mangetout?😉

[BTCCET in reply to Isinatra]

Peas but smaller or is it petit poi's? Anyway I know it's French! Google again? 😂

[Isinatra in reply to BTCCET]

Thank you B. No googling yet, but I’ll keep that thought 💭.😊

[Rachmaninov2 in reply to Isinatra]

I’ve just this moment ordered some mangetout (eat all). They’re pea pods with small peas inside, you eat the pods as well as the peas, they’re very sweet and tender. I like them raw in salads. 🙂👍

[Isinatra in reply to Rachmaninov2]

Sounds healthy to me, Rach. Especially good for you when eaten raw. I’m wondering if we have those in the States? 🧐

[Rachmaninov2 in reply to Isinatra]

Yes Isinatra, nice and healthy and add extra crunch to a salad. I was going to order peas in their pods but it seems a shame to throw the pods away as I would imagine there are nutrients in them too. 🙂

[Isinatra in reply to Rachmaninov2]

Especially the pods. As potato skins are the most nutritious part of the potato 🥔😋

[Rachmaninov2 in reply to Isinatra]

That’s true, it might be worth trying to find out if you are able to get them in your part of the world. 🙂

[Isinatra in reply to Rachmaninov2]

Watch out google, here I come! 😁

[Subtle_badger in reply to Isinatra]

Snow peas are another name for mangetout. Similar are sugar snap peas, but they are bulkier

[Isinatra in reply to Subtle_badger]

Thank you Subtle….will you be my Google?😊

[Subtle_badger in reply to Isinatra]

😂

[springcross]

Most fruit and veg to be honest with a few exceptions.

[BTCCET in reply to springcross]

All scrumped? 😂

[springcross in reply to BTCCET]

😆😆😆 If only I was young enough now, who knows - probably yes. 😋😋😇😂

[Isinatra in reply to BTCCET]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Isinatra]

Best blackberries I’ve ever had. Practically none of those stick between your teeth seeds. Juicy and so sweet.

ALMOST as good as candy.😋

[Isinatra]

I’ve posed this question before on HU, but I guess no one took me seriously. I do love a good ripe juicy peach, but most are rock hard from the store and mine never get to the good ripe stage. Any hints? I’ve tried everything except putting them back out in the sun. 😎

[BTCCET in reply to Isinatra]

I've heard that if you put them in a brown paper bag and put them in a dark place they ripen within a couple of days 👌

[Isinatra in reply to BTCCET]

I haven’t tried that . It makes sense. A friend smuggled 🥷some nectarines from California in her car ride back to Louisiana in a brown paper bag. Never have I had a better one since. I didn’t think I could replicate the conditions of the car ride, but it’s worth a shot since peaches are abundant now. Thanks for the tip B. ❤️

[BTCCET in reply to Isinatra]

It's worth a try me old luv🤞

[BTCCET in reply to BTCCET]

Is fruit not allowed to go from state to state then?

[Isinatra in reply to BTCCET]

As I was told by my friend who confiscated the fruit, California has laws against exporting fruit that hasn’t gone through normal processes in example of packaging, sanitizing, etc. Same for importing fruits and vegetables and I’m not real sure about this one, pets and animals. As a matter of fact, I’m going to contact a person who lives in California and is familiar with their environmental issues. The laws are just meant to keep California safe from contamination of their agriculture. Not aware of any other state that does that. Although when I lived in New York as a child, we had to put our pet dog in quarantine for a month before we could move to Florida. Will get back to you.❤️

[Isinatra in reply to Isinatra]

Seems like each state has its own laws. As long as the fruit/vegetables are in proper packaging, it won’t be confiscated. The laws are most prevelant in the states who rely on citrus production. Florida, California, Alabama, etc, even Louisiana. Each state has its own laws re pets. Mostly, it’s ok to transport pets. I have no clue about what happened re my pet. Maybe parent subterfuge? 😉

[BTCCET in reply to Isinatra]

Wow, well you really do learn something new every day I had no idea that all this went on thanks for that, 🍍🍇

[Isinatra in reply to BTCCET]

I learned something as well, B. ❤️

[Dolphin14]

Blueberries Strawberry

Broccoli

Salads with everything in them

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[queenie-duke Keto]

Mangoes. I love a good Bowen mango.. It's been more than 18 months since I indulged. Maybe this Christmas I'll treat myself.