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My sister went over to her friends house for Thanksgiving- she is from the islands (it doesent matter which one) and she was surprised to see that the only veggie she had was rice and peas and she had collar greens/ham?

Besides stress and other factors, why do we ignore the benefits of a balanced diet?
I have a questoin, when you were growing up did your family include veggies in meals?

For instance, if you had pumpkin rice or fungi with okra that counts. I would love to know.

Thanks

When I was growing up veggies was included in everything and

stiil is today and I love vegetables (certain Kinds) But I don't think

it's something you should leave out of your diet.

I am trying to imagine a Sunday meal without veggies. Hmmmmmmmm.......

Like one day is going to make a difference. Hehe

i never like certain greens as we would say back home as a child. However now I consume veggies, even the stuff I never liked as a child.

I abso-phucking-posi-lut-ively detest....when people refer to the Caribbean islands as "The islands". Like we live on a bunch of homogenous rocks, one indistinguishable from the next.

I think that it is an overstatement to say that black families don't eat veggies. I think that the difference is that black people incorporate their vegetables into the food rather than serving them whole or raw like I've seen a lot of caucasion people do. I know growing up my mother made a lot of vegetables. Whether it be callaloo, peas and rice, curry potato and channa, etc.... She would put vegetables in the meat when she cooked. The vegetables might not have been as visible but they definitely were there.

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Is it realy wise to visit a home on one day (ie. Thanksgiving) and assume that this set of people don't have a balanced diet with veggies? Just wondering about that. There are many ways to cook veggies though some methods preserve more of its nutrients than others.

I make sure and eat my veggies every chance I get. It may not be every day but I do make sure and get my veggies in.

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when I was growing up; My mother used to beat me to eat veggies......It was a must,.........

A lot of black Americans do not eat veggies and some West Indians living up here don't eat them either because they let that culture take over them..........falling into the "junk food" category.

Wow. You shocked me with that one B&S.

Anyhow . . . as far as I know most Caribbean people cook with a lot of vegetables so I think it is a major generalization to say that BLack people on a whole don't incorporate vegetables in thier diet. I agree with DouglaT on this one, in regards to how the vegetablesare prepared in contrast to caucasions.