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Questions tagged [vegetables]

From the humblest pea to the immensest squash.

Use this tag for questions about any kind of vegetable, or about vegetables in general.

Recommended especially for questions about broad classes of vegetables; most questions about a specific vegetable should include the specific vegetable tag, e.g. , although the tag may still be used in these cases.

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Of Vegetables that are spiralized how would you sort them from easy to difficult end of spectrum to Spiralize?

Of Vegetables that are spiralized how would you sort them from easy to difficult end of spectrum to Spiralize? Which veggies do you find most difficult to spiralize? Even with a counter top Spiralizer? It could be because of the vegetables…
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Which factors determine the absorption levels of foods?

I wonder if there are some general rules for primary food groups (meat, veggies) that a cook can use to increase/decrease the amount of oil, water, and other compounds uptaken by the target ingredient from surrounding ingredients. For example, when…
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How many average onions are there per pound?

How many onions are there on average per pound assuming they are average size? I have tried figuring out by number of onions per cup and number of cups per pound, but when counting it with tally marks I just couldn't get it to be the right number.
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Black/purple ingredient in stir fry?

I've had stir fry a few times lately and have noticed this strange ingredient in it. It is a blackish purple color, and looks a lot like a noodle! The other seasonings have mostly overpowered it so I can't describe its taste. I think it is a…
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How to roast mixed vegetables together?

For a soup, I want to roast carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, onions etc., so what would be the procedure? If I put them together in a vessel and close the lid off, they'll get watery. If I put them together in a open vessel, they'll take hours to…
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Homemade yeast extract from vegetable stock for nutritional properties

I am a huge fan of drinking marmite, partly because of the vitamins it offers, as I am a vegan. However, the price of it is quite high and up until recently I was able to buy a supermarket's own brand version, but they have disappeared from the…
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Potato substitution question?

Are there any recipes you know of where if potatoes weren’t included it would fundamentally change the recipe or the way it tastes? For example, a lot of recipes that have mashed or sliced potatoes you could sub in cauliflower for, but are there any…
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How many veggies are in Wheat Thins Toasted Chips Veggie?

The package says "Made With REAL VEGETABLES", which I love, but how many real vegetables? I'm sure I could have just had a V8, but when I crave chips, I like the idea of a "healthy" option.
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How much nutrition dissolves in boiling water?

At what temperature does all nutrition dissolve in water? I want to help people that can't eat solid food, by giving them liquefied food.
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Are there other ways to extract juice from vegetable beside using a blender?

Usually to extract juice from vegetable, we throw the vegetable into the blender. So, are there other ways that we can extract juice?
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Safe to wash fruits and vegetables with natural, toxin-free soap?

Washing produce with conventional soap is harmful, I agree! But what about fragrance-free, dye-free, preservative-free, hypo-allergic, non-toxic, eco-friendly, bio-degradable, ALL natural (even organic!) dish soap? These soaps look safe because…
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Are Choy Sum and Gai Lan grown in Canada or US?

My grandparents in Toronto fancy buying unmarred Gai Lan and Choy Sum. They tried Loblaws/T&T (same company, so same supplier?), Sunny Supermarket; but their Chinese vegetables are too shoddy. They're yellowish, have black smudges or streaks, or…
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Latkes variations

What various types of latkes are there? I mean besides the classic potato latke. I mostly curious as to Jewish foods for now.
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