>>The one vegetable I truly can't stand, however prepared, is beets.
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>Having been raised on canned beets, I never ate them until a few years ago. Then I was exposed to fresh beets. Now they're a staple around here--I add them to soups and stews, I saute them with carrots and a little honey, I use them in stir-fries and curries, etc., etc.
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>We've been in a CSA for several years now, and it has really expanded what we eat in the way of vegetables and actually changed the way I cook.
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>Tamar

CSA?

I will agree with your comments on fresh beets -- I will now eat them as readily as staples <g>. Some dietary traumas are life long. Feel free to add slimy cottage cheese to that list.

You make curry? I am pleasantly surprised. I love curry, the fierier the better. My favorite place ever was a Thai place near a consulting client. It was one of those six booth, four table storefront places where you really do get the native stuff. For American tastes they asked you how hot you wanted it. My standard response was "Burn me but don't kill me." The owner/waitress/cashier had her standard response to my standard response: "OK, next time I kill you." Laughs all around. Even the scaled down version for white men made my face red and brought tears out. I have tried to replicate it at home, coming tantalizing close but never quite getting there.