Vote! Vegetable! Vote! Future!

Last night we named the top 7 nominables for Veggie Of The Year 2009. Intenisty. That is what we set out to do, the rest is up to you. Take a look at the list, think on it for a spell, and then cast a vote down there in the comments section beneath this post. Vote multiple times if you like. Speak your mind. Challenge Oil Can's belief that mesquite beef jerky should be considered a vegetable. The nominables are:

Snow Pea: All we are saying is give peas a chance.

Jicama: Jicama sun...buh, duh, duh, duh...Jicama sun...its all right.

Baby Carrot

Squash: Squarsh yer troubles dude.

Potato: The potato is what freedom is all about.

Mesquite Beef Jerky

Asparagus: Your asparagus is as good as mine.

 
In addition to some witty banter about vegetables, last night's show featured some most righteous free range rock and roll. Here's the playlist if you're interested. Keep it rural.

Oscar Brand - Fair And Free Elections (1800)

Harper Simon - Cactus Flower Rag

Jonquil - Whistle Low

Built To Spill - Planting Seeds

Neko Case - I'm An Animal

Oscar Brand - I've Got A Ballot (1948)

The Birds [UK] - No Good Without You

Radiohead - Vegetable

Neutral Milk Hotel - King Of Carrot Flowers Part I

Steve Martin - Clawhammer Medley

Judee Sill - There's A Rugged Road*

Langhorne Slim - Back To The Wild

The Band Of Blacky Ranchette - Getting It Made

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Them Old Days Are Gone

The Elois - By My Side

The Clash - Capital Radio Two

The Mountain Goats - Seeds

Headlights - Secrets

Tonic - Flowerman

* Best song that I've heard in 2010, though it was recorded in the 70's.

Comments

[Steve B]

Baby Carrot: The veal of the vegetable world, tender and succulent.

[Flowerman]

Thanks Steve B. Your vote has been counted.

[Mike "@BrenniFresh" Billeter]

I'd still like to vote for Andrew "@BrenniFresh" Brynjulson as the best vegetable. However, as that did not make the final 7, I will instead go with the potato. For obvious reasons.

[Holli]

Snow peas: because I discovered last year that I like snap peas and they look similar so it feels like I'm voting for snap peas.

[April]

I vote for squarsh.

[Ben]

I'm stubbornly writing in a vote for garlic.

As for mesquite beef jerky, it's neither animal nor vegetable. At 90-percent salt, it's actually mineral.

[Flowerman]

Oil Can was so excited about mesquite beef jerky, I didn't have the heart to tell him that it wasn't a vegetable.

[Rebecca]

THESE are the choices? These? I'm voting for beef jerky.

Oh, and baby carrots aren't real babies anyhow. They're made on a veggie lathe.

[Denny]

I vote for asparagus because it tastes like spring and I'm tired of winter.

[kirsten]

jicama. no doubt about it