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Reminiscing

Sheila P-Burg — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:14:27 GMT

I was sitting here "chewing" on some celery and got to thinking about my Mother.

The two (2) things in life she enjoyed eating was York Peppermint Patties and celery. Yes, celery.

Anyway. she would put peanut butter on her celery. I eat celery not because I like it but once in a while I feel the need to snack on something that my mind thinks is healthy.

Never did understand her like of celery. To me it has no taste.

When you choose celery and carrots as a snack how do you usually eat them? Plain? Dip? Topping?

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NEvans2 — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:19:14 GMT

Ranch dressing.

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:46:26 GMT

Peanut butter or cream cheese for celery

peanut butter for carrots. (Yeah, I'm weird)

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Twoaces — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:34:04 GMT

Carrots would be ranch dressing, onion dip or au natural. Celery would be peanut butter, just like your mom! I don’t do Peppermint Patties, but I could!

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Renata22 — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:41:59 GMT

For celery, peanut butter, like my mom.

I also love it just by itself, especially the tiny ones on the inside. I like carrots just by themselves or with ranch or thousand island.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:49:54 GMT

I add it to a green salad for crunch. Celery always tastes salty to me. 🤷‍♀️

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on the bay — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:56:04 GMT

@Sheila P-Burg -

Those are actually two of my favorite things to eat!

I like celery plain, or with cream cheese, or in anything chopped up, like tuna fish, or salads.

It's just so crunchy and refreshing and kind of sweet pungent.

And york peppermint patties are so soothing!

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jannabelle1 — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:23:24 GMT

Carrots by themselves or with ranch dressing or a chip dip. Celery (inside pieces) with salt or pimento spread. I love the cold and crunchy taste of both carrots and celery - radishes too!

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GenXmuse — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:27:45 GMT

I use them mostly in soups, casseroles and salads.

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Bhvbum — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:29:08 GMT

Celery with: Pimento cheese or cream cheese & olives

Celery with Blue Cheese and Buffalo Wings

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Sooner — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:31:40 GMT

I think organic celery is far better than non-organic. At least the ones we get are sweeter and not as bitter. I think it is because of the pesticide residue.

I also think apples taste better because the skin tastes better. But on most things, I don't find a big taste difference.

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AuntG — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:23:26 GMT

Carrots raw and plain.

Celery raw with peanut butter. Actually I like cooked celery more than raw.

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KaySD — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 04:04:41 GMT

I'm with your mother--love celery. I like the slightly bitter flavor and the crunchiness. I make tuna or egg salad that's half finely-chopped celery by volume. I drink celery juice. I love it in cooking any type of meat dish. I like celery soup, too. Oh, and salad made from apples, celery and walnuts.

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lynnie61 — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:27:11 GMT

@Sheila P-Burg carrots - ranch, hummus or French onion dip.

celery - hummus, peanut butter or ranch. I sometimes cut the ranch with salsa to bring the calories down, I love the crunch of celery in salads, tuna, chicken salad. I also love hummus with pretzels. Roasted pine nut is my favorite.

I love a few frozen peppermint patties in the summer! It’s fun to reminisce.

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Maloyo — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 13:13:03 GMT

I like cream cheese with celery, but I don't kid myself that it is healthy. Might as well have potato chips, LOL! Ranch dressing is good with both celery and carrots. I can eat both plain, but I do need salt.

Mary

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house_cat — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:51:40 GMT

I saw this on Pinterest recently and immediately saved it. I'm crazy about Trader Joe's "Everything But the Bagel" seasoning.

6 oz. softened cream cheese, mixed with 1 tbs. "everything" bagel seasoning.

For those of you who don't like the stringiness of celery, I saw Alex from "The Kitchen", use a vegetable peeler to shave off the very outer later of the celery. Sounds like a good idea.

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Zaimee — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:41:56 GMT

During this pandemic, enjoying celery in my Bloody Mary!!!!

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chickenbutt — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:54:22 GMT

I love both celery and carrots.

Lately I've been eating a carrot each day. I just scrub it down a bit, cut off the tip and other end, and just eat it like that. I like to take a bite, chew it until it's totally shredded, and also kind of sukk down the sweet juice that comes out of it, as I'm chewing it. I keep them in the refrigerator so it's nice and cold. Last night my dinner was one carrot and ten cherries.

Same for celery. It's delightful cold. I also do like it with peanut butter or even cream cheese or remember that old spray can cheese? I would get the sharper cheddar type and use that for celery.

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MOMMAVik — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 20:12:19 GMT

Both celery & carrots with ranch or onion dip are staples in my house. My children used to love "ants on a log", peanut butter spread in crevice of celery sticks with raisins in top of the peanut butter!