Friday 1st October is World Vegetarian Day and we will be challenging one of our chefs to cook a tasty tempting dish with the nations most hated vegetable. Which vegetable do you hate the most and why? In 2002 the brussels sprout was voted the nations least favourite veg, but it was closely followed by the cabbage - what do you think? The vote is up to you.....

Hi Deborah,

I have to admit that brussels are not a fave of mine, but cabbage on the other hand I quite like. Especially the way that my head chef has shown me. A delicious Black ground peppered cabbage, YUM!

Nathan.

I love cabbage, stir-fried with garlic, ginger and chilli and finished off with a teaspoon of honey. It`s really yummy!

Hi Deborah - I absolutely love sprouts (why are they called Brussels all the time - they weren't when I was growing up! ) and cabbage, but one veg I can't stand is slimy okra yuk. Get rid of it I say - and it doesn't resemble any ladies' fingers I've ever seen !

Brussels are great cooked with Pancetta! even my brother who would rather knit his own intestines than eat brussels is now converted and loves them. My one any only hated vegetable is fennel - nothing would convert me!!

I hate cooked cauliflower. Love it raw, but once cooked, it takes on a whole different taste. And the smell.... Yuk!!

Left over cold cooked sprouts,dipped into beaten egg,tossed in breadcrumbs,shallowed fried untill brown and crispy.Gammon steak cubed also fried untill crispy.Mix with sprouts.Different and tasty.

Cabbage is the best! I love it with roast dinner and loads of gravy. The best way to have brussel sprouts is in bubble and squeek. On their own they are quite nasty..

sprouts are a great veg especially with chestnuts at Xmas and I definitely agree about leftovers made into bubble and squeak - the best thing about Boxing Day!
Can't be bothered with artichokes, far too fiddly! Apart from that I love most vegetables. Okra is very slimy unless battered and deep fried very quickly like my local Indian restaurant does them - delicious!

I absolutely hate celery - raw, cooked or otherwise. It just seems to be a useless vegetable that sits in the fridge for weeks because I have to buy a whole bunch of it just to use half a stalk to flavour stock.

Sonia, I know it's cheating but why not just bung in some celery salt instead of using the fresh stuff. You will have more room in your fridge too!!!

Like sprouts, like cabbage loads...my most heted veg is probably swede...bad memories of orange gunk served up for school dinners there.

I love celery Sonia but TOH hates it so can never add it to anything as he just knows somehow!

Anyone ever had a heted veg?

Sorry bout the typo

the veg at school was the worst - how could they make everything taste the same - ie no taste - I love vegetables now but hated them at school! OH's mother is still the same, she boils the life out of vegetables and complains that mine are too hard - she puts her veg on at the same time as the roast usually!!

There is nothing worse than soggy sprouts is there Porridge.

Dont like sprouts AT ALL!! But I really love cabbage, nothing fancy, but boiled…… mmmm
I also dont like cauliflower unless drenched in cheese sauce.

Another thing I hate is processed peas. Not exactly a vegetable by the time it arrives on the plate but I am sure that sometime in its early life it started out as something that grew from the soil. I once ordered a steak from a well known chain of pub style restaurants and it was served with .....processed peas...Yuk!!!!

Brie I think the only thing worse than soggy sprouts is a heted veg? How are my dear?

DB's - never thought of that!!!

I am fine thankyou Porridge. You?

So nice to hear from someone who has also had heted veg.

Maybe we should start a thread for recipies to make veg some of us hate, become tasty! I would like to know a recipie where I might like swede. There isn't much food I don't like!

I absolutely adore sprouts and cabbage,but I LOATHE courgettes because they are bland and slimy and I also hate kidney beans and butter beans.I think its their texture and taste.

I have to say I adore celery .I use it in all sorts of things especially stews and casseroles.At Christmas we traditionally have celery in white sauce with Turkey and Sprouts . Nothing like it Anybody any unusual recipes for celery??

There is absolutely NOTHING that anyone can do to a Brussel Sprout that would make my husband eat them. I wonder who was asked about their vegetable likes and dislikes, because I think your tastes change as you get older. We would not have touched Cabbage or Cauliflower when we were little but love them now.Same with asparagus.
My challenge is to make ordinary vegetables more interesting, carrots, sweetcorn, peas etc.,

I adore both brussels and cabbage now, although I didn't always. I can remember being force-fed cabbage when I was child and it should have put me off for life. I think your tastes change as you get older though.

I'm with Sonia....I can't abide celery in any shape or form! I think it's a vegetable invented by the devil himself and should be banned from all food shops and recipes. The very sight of it makes my stomach begin to quench and as much as my OH loves it, I just can't even have it in the house, yet alone the 'fridge. Utterly vile stuff.

A funny thing happened a few days ago...my Mum had a phone call from one of my Autie's a few days ago...just to say "Brussel sprouts are in season and in the shop's!' Bless her!!...yes, I'm a big Brussell sprout fan!!, Infact I love most Veg...although I HATE most fruit, Tomato, Banana, Apple Orange NOOOOOO!!!!!