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17 kg is only the average...
Summer is probably higher than that...
Think about it - counting only six of us for 3 meals in seven days, it is only 120 gr of vegetables... About half the meal... Not that much at all...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I enjoy teasing some parents - usually mothers about corn (i.e. maize): Popcorn was introduced in Norway approx 50 years ago, as a Saturday night snack in the same main group as ice cream and chocolate. Or a special treat in movie theaters. Something that is not very healthy, but we must allow ourself some slight "misbeaviour" every now and then.
Lots of Norwegian people/parents still have the conception that popcorn and sugar sweets are equally unhealthy. So I ask these parents: Why don't you serve them maize instead? (We call it 'mais') They look back: I could never make them eat maize as a snack! Sure you can, I tell them: There are special variants that you can fry in a couple tablespoons of oil util the grain pops open and they are crispy and tasty! Add a little salt, not too much, and I am sure that they will love it!
Very few parents accept that popcorn and yellow, boiled maize essentially is the same food. But it is.
I must add that not one of all my friends can stand this crazy American idea of having butter dripping down on the corn to soak it with butter as it pops. Also, a major reason for popping your own is to reduce the amount of salt to a third of that in pre-popped corn. Rather, try spreading a little garlic granulate and/or ground juniper berries on it immediately after popping. Or experiment with other spices. Even though it is possible to force maize to be unhealthy, if you insist, you certainly don't have to do so!
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In no particular order and leaving out staples like ToFu, Rice and potato (knish!)
1 - baby Bok Choi
2 - Tomato
3 - (hot) peppers - (home made hot sauce when garden dies)
4 - eggplant
5 - onion
6 - Mushrooms
Mixed in with this is an assortment of frozen vegs (for cooking) which includes string beans, broccoli, corn (maize), green peas, periodic outburst of Romaine lettuce, particularly when I'm in a mood to make egg rolls.
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Broccoli
Cauliflower
Potatoes, No other root "vegetables" of any kind
Green Peas
Uncooked Spinach, (exception my wife's "Spinach Madelaine" - see River Road Cookbook for recipe)
Artichokes, hearts or stuffed
Olives
Whatever is on the salad bar any given day, except the aforementioned root vegetables.
Make the roads safer, run over a bicyclist.....
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I recommend that you add potatoes (of different colors).
They have a lot better flavor than the standard bakers.
Potatos or potatoes?
Tomatos or tomatoes?
I noticed that you purposely wrote "potato" to avoid the controversy.
I think Dan Quayle wrote the spell checker here...
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Most of my vegetables sit in Congress and various bureaucracies.
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Interesting read of the post and the majority of replies for actual varieties consumed...
And this leads to what you consider a vegetable to be, and which is the right way to go. Is it based off the scientific/biological definition OR is it what the government considers it OR is it how a cook prepares it.
I am more of a scientific person; in that if it is either seed or fruit based then it is a fruit. Vegetables are not actually defined in themselves, but are considers to be "plant parts" that are not ovarian products.So in my world; cukes, squashes, tomatoes, peppers, avocados, artichokes are all fruits.
One interesting plant is Coriander. Both the fruits and plant parts are edible commonly used. Confusion is prevented in the US by calling the "vegetable" portion as Cilantro or Chinese Parsley.
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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If you punch your computer and break your hand, would you need tech knuckle support?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I hate casting a doubt on your premise, but if you try to put your finger on the problem you realize that's just sprain silly! That's only a small fracture of the problems when you compound the impact with fixing your machine
If you really smash it, you may find a humerus effect.
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I've given up; I just knuckle under to our new computer overlords. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Was it better years ago, when programmers would punch cards?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Or even worse, when they used to punch tape...a sticky situation indeed 
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Eric Lynch wrote: punch tape
That IS worse! 
Many moons ago I worked at a place where I had to create punched tapes for CNC machines, using a typewriter-like device. You learn how to splice very quickly, I still cringe when I think about it.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yup, I still cringe as well, I suffered through an IBM ASR-33:
Teletype Model 33 - Wikipedia[^]
On the bright side, the paper tape made half decent party streamers
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Back in 1975 I started programming using one of these for remote connection via an acoustic coupler to a university mainframe about 50 miles away.
I wrote code to generate messages punched in holes on the tape for party streamers!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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ER no, gauze it will be Ok!
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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Mike Hankey wrote: it will be OkK.O.!
FTFY
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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be sure to do a full check, you may also have problems with some of the digits.
Message Signature
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Don't bother calling them knuckle-heads.
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Wow!
Could it possibly get Worse ? 
Is you see someone riding a bike in the rain and /or cold you have found someone who can not afford a car. The rest are just hipsters and wannabe's.
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Started back in mid April. Just did a count (yes, the O IS meant to be in there) and find I am about to finish week 29 tomorrow. Haven't heard of an end point in anyone's plan yet.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Back in the 80s I had a six-month contract that lasted two and a half years. And the best part was that they paid me to learn new stuff that none of the permanent staff wanted to do.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Back in the 80s I had a six-month contract that lasted two and a half years. And the best part was that they paid me to learn new stuff that none of the permanent staff wanted to do.
I remember the 80's, start High School in 1981, start work in 1987, lunch was several hours at pub couple of times a week except Fridays where it was the entire afternoon when you might come back at 16:30, put in a quick 30 minutes of work and then come in Monday and look through your working code that you don't remember writing.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Launched my first missile in 1987. Beat that.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: Launched my first missile in 1987. Beat that.
Drank underage in legal establishments for over 12 months (no poncey 21 either), way more fun (and in some cases not) than missiles.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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