important question

[Frieda]

do you like celery?

if so, why?

[Frieda]

quick, tell me

i really need to know

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I hate celery: the taste, the smell.
Feel any better?

[zero]

no because it's a nothing vegetable

[Frieda]

what's a nothing vegetable

does your greengrocer have celery?

[Frieda]

^^ oh yes me too

but others seem to like it

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Originally Posted by Frieda

but others seem to like it

The key word is probably seem.

[Stephi_B]

Better stay away from people who like celery

[Frieda]

so why did they put celery in my salad

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Yes. They're masochists or crazy or have had their taste buds sutrgically removerd.

[funkytuba]

as long as celery is minced very finely or the little strings are pulled out of it, I don't mind it.

It's the HUGE FREAKING CHUNKS of it put in by lazy cooks woud couldn't be arsed to chop it small that annoy me.

I also like it in soups, cooked recipes etc, but again only if its not COARSELY CHOPPED

[brightpearl]

Originally Posted by funkytuba

as long as celery is minced very finely or the little strings are pulled out of it, I don't mind it.

It's the HUGE FREAKING CHUNKS of it put in by lazy cooks woud couldn't be arsed to chop it small that annoy me.

I also like it in soups, cooked recipes etc, but again only if its not COARSELY CHOPPED

Amen.
Funky, do you also feel that the raw tomato is an instrument of the devil unless deseeded and finely chopped or very thinly sliced?
Perhaps we were separated at birth.

[Anna]

biodegradable vegetarian dental floss

[lukkucairi]

celery, raw, develops the jaw
but celery, stewed, is more quietly chewed.

- ogden nash

[funkytuba]

I'm not so picky about tomatoes. The only annoying kind of tomatoes for me are mealy ones that are being presented raw after having been stored in the fridge.

Seeds, juice, sliced, all good.
Improperly stored, not.