I can dig it. Took a while to come around to carrots as a kid, but Bugs Bunny sure helped. Didn't work for Popeye with spinach, though (yuck!) In fact, I didn't eat potatoes until I put two-and-two together that french fries were potatoes in kid-friendly form, and later to accept that the skins were better for you. Oh, how many empty potato skins I threw away...

My favorite vegetable is still corn, followed by string beans. Potatoes I hardly consider a veggie, and I'm on the fence with the fruit/veggie argument with tomatoes. I like black-eyed peas, not not so much other kinds of beans (jellybeans are not a veggie, thelarmis) and don't forget romaine lettuce. Other than that, I'm still exploring, but not impressed.

Oh, yeah, love corn but I tend to only eat it in season. And I like string beans but there is something about the way they feel in your mouth, the waxiness I guess, that turns me off. Not enough not to eat them but enough not to eat them all the time.

Broccoli is where it's at. Sauteed spinach ain't no slouch either.

Man, I wish I could get with the sauteed spinach but I just cannot. I can roll with broccoli though.

Brussel Sprouts.

Man, so many veggies that I like now I hated as a kid--broccoli, asparagus, b sprouts, kale, collards, zuch, all kinds of squarsh, radishes...

Was never a big vegetable eater, I stuck mostly to the basics - corn, broccoli (rock on, Branco!) and the occasional string bean (but only in it's uncooked state). However, I have developed taste for the following: butternut squash, turnips and my new absolute favorite...beets! I never realized how tasty they are!

i love carrots. i'll eat 'em cold w/ a veggie dip, but i love 'em cooked, whether it's in chicken soup or a curry dish.

i like corn and potatoes a lot, too. what about garbanzo beans? do chick peas count? i like those, also.

i love cucumbers, but i guess they're kinda useless. and that's a veggie/fruit fence straddler, as well, with the seeds...

chyll - i don't eat jellybeans! never have. i hear ya on the spinach and potatoes, as a kid. but i'm down with both.

i LOVE sauteed spinach!!! love it, love it, love it. in fact, i probably cook that 2 or 3 days a week, as a side. plus, i put fresh spinach on my turkey sandwiches. most lettuce is like shredded paper.

i also totally dig zucchini and squash. i like red, orange & yellow peppers, as well. green ones just make me burp...

now... broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, peas, beets, asparagus, radishes = yuck, yucky, yucksville!!! especially broc, asparagus, and cauliflower. just disgusting. feh. : /

7) Oh, yeah. Forget about beets as a kid but now, especially roasted, they are terrific.

ooh, forgot to add brussel sprouts to the "ick" list.

[9] - fresh arugula, pine nuts, a drop of either crumbled blue cheese or fresh goat cheese and some sliced beets and a zesty balsamic or lemon vinagrette = an incredibly refreshing salad (props to my sister-in-law Andrea for introducing it to me!)

11) Yeah. I just don't care for the cheese part of it but otherwise, agreed. I sometimes add slices of cornichons. Or include some fresh herbs, like parsley or basil or even tarragon.

Oh, I forgot asparagus! Mmm... I usually roast it with some diced garlic and olive oil, and then drizzle a little melted butter over it as it comes out of the oven.

I made asparagus soup tonight. Shallots, chicken stock (home made! very unusual for me), a little garlic, a bay leaf, and of course cream.

I like all vegetables except some particularly sweet ones. Beets, no. Rutabaga, no. I really love cauliflower this time of year -- I made cauliflower korma this week, with eggplant and peas, wow, I love that.

Thelarmis, I am somewhat impressed. Your taste is weird (we knew that!) but it's... distinctive. It has style. I mean, spinach and zucchini yes, broccoli and string beans yuck? We should have a contest to see who could best sort new foods into your Love and Hate categories.

[14] That's going on the show!

I forgot about cucumbers (yeah, they're useless but I like them), squash (I know, I know; I criticized them before, but I can take it in small piles), yams (the kid in me has accepted this as a hazard of growing up) and I like the cauliflower at a very specific restaurant that I can't afford on my own, so I've only been once. I can take onions and peppers only as very-very diced additive to a greater dish or to cook with.

I can't stand broccoli. I hate collard greens (I hate most greens except my favorite, benji-greens >;) asparagus sucks, celery makes me choke and okra reminds me of the cross-section of some Venusian's sinuses with the flu. I say no thank you to beets, turnips or radishes (too sour) and I've played some interesting games with all varieties of peas. Is sauerkraut a vegetable? I don't like that, either... and I'm not all that sanguine with veggie burgers.

Yeah, sauerkraut is a vegetable.
What about artichokes? Do you like artichokes? You don't like Brussels sprouts, right? But Mark Bittman makes them with bacon. (I think Alex posted that recipe a year ago or so.) Bacon and figs. They are sublime.

I'm a beet-nik, an acquired taste, but one that has taken hold of me in my "advancing" years. Incredibly versatile, unbelievable benefits (lower blood pressure notably) and a little bit goes a long way!

[16] Nope, I stated my disgust with artichokes not long ago here. Brussel sprouts? It doesn't matter if you put Christmas in them, I'm not touching em.

[14] fun game! i'm definitely down with that contest going on the "chyll & thelarmis anti-foodie show"!

i'm totally down with eggplant and veggie burgers. i can do onions, too. and all those weird veggies that go in oriental dishes, i'm cool with those.

my favorite veggies are pizza & beer! ; )