A is for asparagus and apricots and aubergines
B is for beetroot and broccoli
C is for cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, celery and cucumbers
D is for date
E is for endive
F is for fruit and fennel
G is for garlic and grapefruit
H is for herbs
I is for iceberg lettuce
J is for jerusalem artichoke and juniper berries
K is for kale and kohlrabi
L is for leeks and lemon and lettuce
M is for marrow and mangetout and mushroom
N is for nectarine
O is for okra and olives and onions
P is for parsnips and peas and peppers and potatoes
Q is for quince
R is for radishes
S is for spinach and swede and sweetcorn
T is for turnips and tomatoes
U is for uglifruit
V is for vegetables
W is for watermelon
B is for beetroot and broccoli
C is for cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, celery and cucumbers
D is for date
E is for endive
F is for fruit and fennel
G is for garlic and grapefruit
H is for herbs
I is for iceberg lettuce
J is for jerusalem artichoke and juniper berries
K is for kale and kohlrabi
L is for leeks and lemon and lettuce
M is for marrow and mangetout and mushroom
N is for nectarine
O is for okra and olives and onions
P is for parsnips and peas and peppers and potatoes
Q is for quince
R is for radishes
S is for spinach and swede and sweetcorn
T is for turnips and tomatoes
U is for uglifruit
V is for vegetables
W is for watermelon
X is for xylocarp*
Y is for yucca (not a description of my cooking)
Z is for zucchini
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Z is for zucchini
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(*which, technically, is cheating, as these are supposed to be things I might be able to grow and then eat, before they migrate: but who's quibbling?)
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why is that completeness,
even with minor imperfections,
is sometimes more satisfying than incompleteness?
..
is it because perfectness is over-rated?
or because we are trained
(well I was) from childhood
to not leave things unfinished?
.
why is that completeness,
even with minor imperfections,
is sometimes more satisfying than incompleteness?
..
is it because perfectness is over-rated?
or because we are trained
(well I was) from childhood
to not leave things unfinished?
.
all answers gratefully recieved. . .
..
my issue is that I was brought up to achieve
perfectness
and
completeness
so the fruit and vegetable alphabet really really bothers me:
it can be neither one thing, nor the other
..
my issue is that I was brought up to achieve
perfectness
and
completeness
so the fruit and vegetable alphabet really really bothers me:
it can be neither one thing, nor the other
27 comments:
i had no idea that was how you spell mangetout
N is for nectarine.
Ugli fruit.
Quince.
Zuchini
Xylocarp. There, have I finished your homework for you?
Gosh, no, you've still got some easy letters left, haven't you?
D: dates, dried anything you like.
I: ice-cream.
J: Jerusalem artichoke, jam.
I think that's the lot.
Hi
You know I am interested in your blog. Ill be stopping by again later on in the evening to leave a comment on this amazing jigsaw of a post. Also, just to acknowledge your comment
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Whatcha doing with the alphabet?
Ummmmmmm......whatza mangetout?
Its a young pea, mel, eaten in the pod.
mel from the French manger [to eat] tout [everything]. . .
(-:
(very yummy, if par-boiled to only just less than crunchy, and served with lots of butter and black pepper - even better cold, with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar!)
dave thanks for your help. . .
still need an I tho, since it's fruit and vegetables. . .
but I'll take courgette out of C and add zucchinni to Z
quince is fabluous - thank you; and I won't take ugli fruit as an insult
but should I add xylocarp, or coconut. . . the former, as I'm in need of a x and we all know that the coconuts might migrate. . .
:-D
mel from the French manger [to eat] tout [everything]. . .
(-:
(very yummy, if par-boiled to only just less than crunchy, and served with lots of butter and black pepper - even better cold, with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar!)
dave thanks for your help. . .
still need an I tho, since it's fruit and vegetables. . .
but I'll take courgette out of C and add zucchinni to Z
quince is fabluous - thank you; and I won't take ugli fruit as an insult
but should I add xylocarp, or coconut. . . the former, as I'm in need of a x and we all know that the coconuts might migrate. . .
:-D
see you soon then RE II, and welcome grey~eyes
I meant a fruit-flavoured ice-cream. What about iceberg lettuce then?
thanks! (and it's really the only kind of lettuce I eat anyhow)(but why is it named after a natural phenomenon. . .)(cos it's crunchy, like ice?)
Mr Wiki says that 'Iceberg comes from the way the lettuce was transported in the US starting in the 1920s on train-wagons covered in crushed ice, making them look like icebergs'.
laughing at your Y....
J is for jerusalem artichoke
and your most recent poll and time travel has been bothering me...
Juniper Berry
(I cheated on that one)
why are you bothered about the time travel katherine?
Ok, an unfinshed loop...not bad!
Is marrow something one can grow? I only know of bone marrow.
it's like an overgrown courgette (zuchinni)
my little brother once grew one that was about three feet long. . .
personally, I always found them rather bland - but they were served up daily in the season, as most of the veg we ate came from my father's end of the garden
Good heavens! What a delicious alphabet.
Watercress? Celeriac?
What is a xylocarp? Some sort of non-migrating coconut?
Whoa.....I was filled with all sorts of questions for himself. He kept looking at me oddly. I guess he's not accustomed to talking fruits and veggies with me?
HA....he WILL BE NOW! :-D
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