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This week: VegetablesVegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Garfield (Jim Davis)Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. ~Fran LebowitzLife expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables...

By Lee Klein

May 15, 2009

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This week: Vegetables

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Garfield (Jim Davis)

Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. ~Fran Lebowitz

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~Doug Larson

Vegetables are something God invented to let women get even with their children. ~P.J. Rourke

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. ~Mark Twain

An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. ~Will Rogers

You are what you eat. For example, if you eat garlic you're apt to be a hermit. ~Franklin P. Jones

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat. ~Fran Lebowitz

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