Comments on: Name that veggie

By: ellie

ellie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:57:22 +0000

thats weird i first had parsnip when i was a small child with a sunday roast. Maybe it is more common in Australia or something

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:10:58 +0000

I worked at a grocery store as a cashier for a microsecond. Part of our training was to be able to identify random fruits and veggies. Apparently, that isn’t the case with all stores. Tee hee. :)

By: K

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:27:46 +0000

I could identify rutabaga and know what to do with it…

It’s called swede in England and turnip (or neeps) in Scotland and you boil it, mash it or cube it, and eat it with haggis.

Or not at all, if you prefer.

By: Renee'

Renee' — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:31:02 +0000

If you really want to get one over on the cashier and be the real Vege Guru, then learn the codes for all the vegetables. No matter which store you shop in they are the same. If you get organic veges just add a 9 in front of the 4 digit #. I have worked at a grocery store for 10 years now and I still can’t remember them all…and I am now the manager. LOL

By: shelly

shelly — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:19:42 +0000

You must have been at Marsh….I have had full blown scandles over artichokes and seseame oil!

By: Mymsie

Mymsie — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:35:51 +0000

Heee – sounds like some pretty bright grocery staff. I guess I only know what a parsnip is because my Dad used to tease my brother and I about making silly stuff for dinner, like parsnips or kumkwats. [Yes, my family is weird!]

By: kathy

kathy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:10:27 +0000

Here in Mexico we use poblano chiles, avocados, and tomatillos daily. Seriously, today I’m off to the mercado for all THREE of those!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a parsnip down here, though carrots all through Mexico are so sweet and tender (raw) I have to wonder what is being grown up nawth.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:29:33 +0000

Since moving abroad I have discovered an array of new fruits and veggies. Unfortunately I only know the Dutch or Turkish name for some of them so I still would be lost buying them in the US!

I love “stump the cashier”. I had one once that asked me if my cabbage was a cabbage or was it lettuce. Doh!

By: gill

gill — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:14:43 +0000

hehe “pars-nip”, slowly and clearly now!!

you just reminded me of the time I had to explain how you tell the difference between a nectarine and an apple to a supermarket tiller once. I know they’re the same colour (sort of) but please…I should have kept my mouth shut though, the apples were from a local orchard and the nectarines from Brazil or somewhere tropical and about 6 times the price.

you should mount a “know your veggies” campaign

PQ.

xox

By: KrisR

KrisR — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:09:06 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for this blog. When I have moments of frustration and exasperation and think I just want to give up and have a food fix/binge, I log on and read something from your archives. It always keeps me going.

My latest supermarket veggie experience was with beets. A gal wanted to know if I was making a beet salad and when I replied that I roasted it, she said she’d never heard of doing that to a beet before.