Cindy wrote on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:31:10 -0700 (PDT):

CH> On Mar 17, 8:41 am, "James Silverton"
CH> > wrote:
??>> Terry wrote on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:47:29 -0700 (PDT):
??>>
T>>> I am not much of a fruit or vegetable kind of guy.
T>>> I eat meat and potatoes.
??>>
??>> I wonder how many people are with Terry?
??>>
??>> I have to remind myself frequently to eat an adequate
??>> amount of non-starchy vegetables and I seldom have a
??>> craving for any of them. Asparagus perhaps, since I cannot
??>> bring myself to afford it during a good deal of the year
??>> and cauliflower, which goes well with the common sauces.
??>> French beans are another vegetable that rather like.
??>>
??>> I find also that I mostly eat fruit at breakfast time:
banana
??>> and grapefruit or melons mostly. I also have a glass of
??>> orange juice at breakfast so I suppose I am eating an
??>> "adequate" amount of fruit. One of the problems I find
??>> with fruit, call me lazy if you wish, is that you usually
??>> can't eat the whole thing and you have to find a place to
??>> dispose of a core or rind if you are eating it outside a
??>> meal. A banana is not bad, non-messy and you can remove
??>> the peel at once and hold the fruit especially if you like
??>> them barely ripe as I do. The seedless grape is about the
??>> only other fruit that I like eating between meals. Of
??>> course, if you can find wild berries and eat them then and
??>> there, they are also good but store-bought berries usually
??>> require extra sugar for my taste.

CH> Not me. From a kid who wouldn't eat any vegetables, I grew
CH> up into an adult who positively craves them on a daily
CH> basis. If I had only myself to cook for, I'd consider what
CH> vegetables I'd like to eat and then
CH> think about what meat would go with them.

CH> I'm rarely anywhere that I couldn't find a place to dispose
CH> of fruit remains.

A minor problem, especially if I use a waste basket, is that I
can smell the remains after an houtr or two!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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