On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:34:54 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> "EmmyBlue" > wrote:
>
>> "Puester" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> maxine wrote:
>>> [..] Later, I tried
>>>> roasting sweet potatoes until they started to ooze their juices.
>>>> Again, it wasn't the same veggie my Mom had tried vainly to feed her
>>>> growing rugrat.
>>>>
>>>
>>> YES! I tolerated sweet potatoes once a year for the holidays until I
>>> tried some that had been cut in wedges and roasted with a tiny bit of
>>> olive oil and some mixed herb seasoning. They were sweet as honey without
>>> the dreaded brown sugar or marshmallows. Winter squash has the same
>>> result.
>> [..]
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>>
>> Excuse me for butting in, but I agree about roasted sweet potatoes...in
>> fact, I've been on an oven roasted veggies kick this winter. Any and all
>> root veggies, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkles with salt and cracked
>> black pepper. I discovered parsnips!
>>
>> Emmy...sometime lurker in OK where they don't know from parsnips
>
> I've never eaten a parsnip. What do they taste like?

chicken.

your pal,
blake