In my opinion, food is quite a good thing. The ability to cook well is a skill worth developing.
Frozen mixed vegies are of The Devil.
If you’d like to talk about bread, this is a good place to let discussion flour. Why wheat? Raise an issue! We all have a lot to grain from your comments, however rye they may be.
Also, Wildeyeest.
By ‘frozen mixed veges’, do you mean all frozen veg, or just the ubiquitous ‘mixed veges’? Personally I’m quite partial to good quality minted peas (steamed or straight from the freezer), but each to his own…
&mdash Greg
I mean the typical pea-carrot-corn mixture. I’m not saying they’re inedible or completely without merit, but they are heavily over-used. You’ve lived in a hall of residence and several flats, so should know what I’m talking about. Flatmates who haven’t learned the basics of cooking vegetables tend to use frozen mixed vegies as an after-thought (“oh, better do some vegies with the mince-and-baked-bean-glop”).
Peas do freeze well.
Ah yes, I’m with you. We try to buy a good variety at 5 Russley- peas, broad beans, spinach- and if we must get mixed we’ll go for the ‘chunky’ variation… The problem with fresh veg is that it tends to sit at the bottom of the fridge getting progressively slimier while lazy cooks go for the easy frozen option… grrr.
&mdash Greg
Some of the more fancier frozen vegetable mixes can be utilised effectively. I’m thinking of the stir fry type selections with a variety of beans/ broccoli/ capsicum/ sugar snap peas/ maybe baby corn etc. Whilst you can use fresh alternatives… for only two people who cook occasionally, it’s a nice way to avoid throwing out fresh vegies from the fridge that you haven’t got round to eating, but still being able to make yummy stir fries. but I agree, the typical pea-carrot-corn mixture is a problem that needs to be fixed
â Jim
