Posted on 07/06/2008 7:48:45 PM PDT by neverdem
So the flippin' NYTimes is spying on me???
We eat all of the eleven listed foods, except only the hubby eats beets ... I can’t stand those.
A pretty good list.
I’ve never thought of trying raw beets in my salads. That’s an interesting idea.
Cabbage and Sardines....well there goes the deep knee squats at the gym
Basic rule #1 of nutritional science: If the kid or the cat can’t or won’t eat it, the sum total nutritional value is ZERO.
Spinach, beets, sardines, chard ... it would end up on my kids’ clothes, my clothes, the floor, in the trash, in the roomba robot ... you’re right. Those foods might make it in the mouth once before being violently expelled. The image of my son trying a lemon piece before spitting it out and wildly waiving both arms in all directions to make sure it was absolutely, positively GONE come to mind when I read this list.
The pumpkin pie with low sugar, the pumpkin seeds, maybe the plums, those are maybes.
Haven’t tried pomegranate juice.
I’ve got to show this to Mrs. Vigilanteman. She runs me out of the house if she catches me eating sardines. I have to eat them when she’s not at home, wrap the empty can in a plastic bag and make sure it is outside before she gets home. I also have to brush my teeth well or she smells it on my breath. Especially my favorite kind— sardines packed in chili sauce.
When I tell my wife to just pick anything for dinner, she jokingly suggests beets because I avoid them like the plague. I’ve even tried them smothered in ketchup on bread when forced to eat them by my parents. It didn’t help.
Yuk..
Here’s my top 11:
1. Steak w/baked potato
2. Tacos
3. Cajun Fish w/Kale & Rice
4. Chile
5. Red beans and Rice
6. Pizza
7. Pork chops & steamed broccoli
8. Spaghetti
9. Beef stew
10. Ham & scalloped potatoes
11. Vegetable soupe with cornbread
Daggone, I’m hungry now. BTW, one can live a long healthy life using this list I’ve posted.
I eat 'em raw.
Totally agree with the list EXCEPT
I would add spinach and walnuts to ANY list dealing with nutrition.
Didn’t think beets were that healthy. The tops are, but didn’t think the red portion had much in the way of vitamins.
Cheese enchaladas—with extra cheese
Lasagna—with extra cheese
Cheesecake
No beets for me. I have tried. I’ve been adventurous and even developed a taste for sushi but hold the beets and kimchi please.
Beets, though - I don't think I've ever gotten close enough to one to taste it.
Yeah and it doesn’t help with cold just out of the can spam either. That had to be the most horrible dish my country grandma ever tried to feed me. Geesh I can still remember the greasy taste of the stuff and ketchup did not help at all.
I hate cinnamon
Never ate a sardine in my life until a couple weeks ago when I got curious and bought a tin. They are surprisingly good. I still don’t understand how they can be good — there they are, little fish with the skin still on them, at room temperature, reeking to high heaven — and yet I ate the whole tin.
Beets - no way. Sardines mixed with Mayo on crackers tastes great.
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