# What sort of vegetable did my wife buy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822 "2009-01-18T03:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/21 "2009-01-18T18:01:11Z")
I quite like slicing the bulb and including it in pot-roast (particularly lamb). It’s much more subtle cooked. Just slice it up and add it in with any other aromatics (like onion or celery). ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/22 "2009-01-18T18:12:56Z")
I like to shave it thinly with my mandoline, and combine it with an equal amount of shaved sweet mild onion. Then I dress the two vegies in lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, salt and lots of cracked black pepper and let them sit for a little while until they’re halfway limp. It’s a great salad to have before an Italian dinner. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/23 "2009-01-18T20:15:22Z")
Grate the whole thing in the food processor. Mix it with chopped tomatoes, salt, pepper and quark. Serve over hot potatoes in their skins. Delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/24 "2009-01-18T20:18:20Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Another vote for eat it raw. I think it’s called “finocchio” in Italian. And for some added trivia, in italian that’s also slang for gay. As in “Yeah, I know Johnny Cakes, he’s a finoc/finocchio” ETA, I could understand you sending someone out for, say celery root and have them come back with that, but leek? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/25 "2009-01-19T00:08:32Z")
Roast it for ten minutes or so at 450 F, tossed with a generous amount of olive oil. Then put seasoned (salt, pepper, maybe some paprika or pimenton - basic stuff) chicken pieces on top and baste with some of the fennel-y oil. Roast for 25-35 minutes, or until done; you can baste the chicken more if you like during the cooking. Serve it with a starch and you have a lovely meal. Or slice it thinly, toss with orange segments and finely chopped red onion, and a vinaigrette, and you’ve got a great salad. You can throw in a bit of minced rosemary if you like. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/26 "2009-01-19T00:35:22Z")
(Hey, **GilaB,** did you go to high school in New England?) ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/27 "2009-01-19T01:38:49Z")
No, New Jersey. And they didn’t serve meat in the cafeteria at all, and they stopped Home Ec the year before I got there. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822/28 "2009-01-19T02:28:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Fennel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fenouil.jpg). > > I did a little looking around, and I can’t find any indication that anise has a bulb at the bottom. And the pics I did see don’t look like anything that a person might mistake for a leek. While I think they are technically different, the terms are used interchangeably. (and I say this as someone who runs a produce/grocery store that leans Italian and has a large Italian clientele) Kinda like yams/sweet potatoes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-vegetable-did-my-wife-buy/481822.md?page=1)