Categories of Vegetables Flashcards
Category of Vegetables
Vegetable plants whose subterranean parts are swollen. The roots anchor plants to the ground, and absorbs and transports moisture and nutrients from the soil up to the rest of the plant.
Roots (Rave)
Example of Roots (Rave)
USED AS AN AROMATIC BASE OR AS A GARNISH. IT CONTAINS A NOTABLE AMOUNT OF SUGAR WHICH ADDS TO ITS NUTRITIVE PROPERTIES.
CARROTS
Example of Roots (Rave)
USED AS CONDIMENT PARTICULARLY FOR FLAVOURING STOCKS.
PARSNIP
Example of Roots (Rave)
A POT VEGETABLE OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN WITH A FLESHY AND SWEETISH ROOT. IT WAS CULTIVATED IN INDIA BEFORE THE ARYAN INVASION.
TURNIPS (NAVET)
Example of Roots (Rave)
USED AS GARNISH FOR SALADS AND VARIOUS GAMES ENTREES.
BEETROOT
Example of Roots (Rave)
PLANT OF THE CRUCIERAE FAMILY, OF WHICH THE ROOT IS EDIBLE. CULTIVATED IN CHINA, JAPAN AND THE INDIES IN THE MOST REMOTE AREAS. THE RADISH IS FOUND NOW IN ALL TEMPERATE REGIONS OF EUROPE.
RADISH
Category of Vegetables
AN UNDERGROUND STEM, WHICH CARRIES NUTRIENTS FROM THE ROOTS TO THE REST OF THE PLANT. IT CAN ALSO STORE NUTRIENTS.
TUBERS
Example of Tubers
TURBER BEARING PLANTS, NATIVE OFSOUTH AMERICA, INTODUCED INTO FRANCE, AS AN ORNAMENTAL PLANT, TOWARDS 1540. IT CONTAINS 77 % OF WATER AND 2 ½ TIMES LESS CARBOHYDRATES THAN BREAD.
POTATOES
Example of Tubers
HARDY PLANTS WITH EDIBLE TUBERS RESEMBLING POTATOES, NATIVE OF INDIA, NOW NATURALIZED IN ALL WARM COUNTRIES. IT TASTE SWEET AND RECALLS A LITTLE THAT OF ARTICHOKE.
SWEET POTATO
Example of Tubers
A CLIMBING PLANT. ITS VERY LARGE ROOT IS EDIBLE AND IS PREPARED IN THE SAME WAY AS THE SWEET POTATO. A STARCH PRODUCT IS ALSO EXTRACTED FROM YAMS AND IS MUCH USED IN COOKERY AND CONFECTIONARY. IT IS CALLED GUIANA ARROWROOT.
YAM
Category of Vegetables
LEAF BASES SWOLLEN WITH WATER AND CARBOHYDRATES STORED FOR THE NEXT YEARS GROWTH. THEY GROW VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE ITS ROOTS.
BULBS
Example of Bulbs
BIENNAL PLANT, NATIVE OF ASIA AND PALESTINE, WHICH HAS BEEN CULTIVATED FROM EARLIEST TIMES. THIS VEGETABLE OF THE LILACEAE FAMILY WAS SO GREATLY PRIZED IN EGYPT THAT IT WAS WORSHIPPED. IT CONTAINS A STRONG AND ACRID SULPHURETTED ESSENCE WHICH CAUSES WATERING OF THE EYES AND RUBEFACTION OF THE SKIN BUT DISAPPEARS IN THE COOKING PROCESS.
ONION
Example of Bulbs
HARDY BIENNIAL PLANT, THE ORIGINS OF WHICH GO BACK A VERY LONG WAY, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND IN ITS WILD STATE AND IS BELIEVED TO BE A CULTIVATED VARIETY OF ORIENTAL GARLIC. THIS PLANT, WHICH IS MAINLY USED AS A CONDIMENT FOR THE STOCKPOT OR AS AN INGREDIENT OF HOMEMADE SOUPS, CAN ALSO BE PREPARED IN VARIOUS WAYS AS A VEGETABLE ON ITS OWN.
LEEKS
Example of Bulbs
PERENNIAL PLANT, DISTINGUISH BY ITS STRONG SMELL, CULTIVATED FOR ITS BULB. IT IS ALSO CALLED “POOR MAN’S THERIAC AND HERBS AUX AULX (GARLIC HERB).
GARLIC
Example of Bulbs
A POT VEGETABLE WHICH ACCORDING TO CANDOLLE (FRENCH BOTANIST) IS MERELY A DERIATIVE OF THE ONION, WITH A SLIGHT TASTE OF GARLIC. SOME PEOPLE FIND THIS MORE READILY DIGESTIBLE TNAN ONION.
SHALLOT
Category of Vegetables
MEANS CONTAINING WATER
AQUEOUS
Example of Aqueous
GENIUS OF PLANTS BELONG TO THE GROUP FAMILY, WITH LARGE ELONGATED FRUITS. THIS VEGETABLES IS VERY WATERY AND CONTAINS VERY LITTLE NUTRITIVE VALUE. ORIGINATED IN THE NORTH-WEST OF INDIA WHERE THEY GROW IN A WILD STATE. THEY HAVE BEEN CULTIVATED IN HINDUSTAN FOR 3,000 YEARS.
CUCUMBER
Category of Vegetables
IN THE PROCESS CALLES PHOTOSYNTHESIS ,LEAVES USE SUNLIGHT TO PRODUCE FOOD ( IN THE FORM OF SUGAR) PLUS OXYGEN.
LEAVES
Example of Leaves
THE SPECIES TYPE SEEMS TO BE OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN AND PRIOR TO THE ARYAN INVASION. HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY THE GREEKS AND PARTICULARLY BY THE ROMANS, THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN UNKNOWN TO THE HERBREW.
CABBAGE
Example of Leaves
A PLANT WHICH GROWS WILD ALL OVER EUROPE, IN THE CAUCASUS AND IN INDIA. ITS WORD COMES FROM THE LATIN “LACTUCA”, WHEN IT IS CUT, IT EXUDES A MILKY JUICE.
LETTUCE
Example of Leaves
A POT VEGETABLE CULTIVATED FOR ITS LEAVES. IT IS OF PERSIAN ORIGIN. IT WAS UNKNOWN TO THE ROMANS AND TRANSPLANTED TO THE EUROPE BY THE MOORS. IT HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED BY THE CULTIVATION. THIS CONTAINS A VISCOUS SUBSTANCE BY THE VIRTUE OF WHICH IT HAS LAXATINE PROPERTIES.
SPINACH
Category of Vegetables
ANY OF VARIOUS PLANTS OF THE GENUS BRASSICA OF THE MUSTARD FAMILY, INCKUDING CABBAGE, BROCOLLI, AND TURNIP. THESE TYPE OF VEGETABLE GROWS SOMEWHAT LIKE AN EDIBLE FLOWERY PLANTS. SOME BRASICCAS ARE BEING CONFUSED AS A LEAFY VEGETABLES SUCH AS CABBAGE . THEIR MAJOR DISTINCTION IS THAT THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN LEAVES HOWEVER IT IS NOT EDIBLE, WHAT IS EDIBLE IS USUALLY THE SOMEWHAT FLOWERY BUNCH THAT GROWS DURING MATURITY.
FLOWER HEADS/BRASSICAS
Example of Flower Heads/Brassicas
THESE VEGETABLES ARE ORIENTAL IN ORIGIN AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN IN THE ITALY SINCE THE 16TH CENTURY. ADELICATE FOOD WHICH MUST ALWAYS BE BOUGHT WITH ITS GREEN LEAVES (WHICH ARE IN FACT EDIBLE), AN INDICATION OF FRESHNESS.
CAULIFLOWER
Example of Flower Heads/Brassicas
THE FLOWER HEADS WHICH DEVELOP IN THE LEAF AXILS ARE EATEN BEFORE THEY ARE FULLY GROWN. THEY ARE ASO CALLED BROCCOLI TIPS. IT IS ALSO EATEN FOR ITS LEAVES AS WELL AS ITS FLOWERS.
BROCCOLI
Category of Vegetables
A SLANDER STALK SUPPORTING OR CONNECTING NOTHER PLANT, SUCH AS A LEAF OR FLOWER.
STEMS/SHOOTS
Example of Stems/Shoots
THIS PLANTS CONTAINS AN ESSENTIAL OIL, WHICH IS HIGLY AROMATIC. ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES, EITHER THE STEMS ARE EATEN, ELONGATED BY TRUSSING OR CULTURE IN THE DARK, OR THE ROOTS (CELERIAC). BOTH ARE EATEN RAW IN SALAD OR COOKED.
CELERY
Example of Stems/Shoots
A GENUS OF LILIACEAE, CONTAINING MORE THAN 100 SPECIES FOUND IN THE TEMPERATE AND WARM REGIONS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. ASPARAGUS GROWS WILD IN MEADOWS AND BUSHY PLACES, ESPECIALLY IN SANDY SOIL, OVER A GREAT PART OF FRANCE, AS WELL AS ON SNDY COASTS ON THE ATLANTIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SIDE.
ASPARAGUS
Category of Vegetables
THESE ARE ALMOST THE ONLY VEGETABLE FOODSTUFF THAT DOES NOT DERIVE FROM GREEN PLANT.
FUNGI OR MUSHROOM
Example of Fungi or Mushroom
CRYPTOGAMUS PLANTS, DEVOID OF CHLOROPHYLL, OF WHICH THERE ARE GREAT NUMBER OF SPECIES, SOME EDIBLE, OTHERS ARE POISONOUS.
MUSHROOMS
THERE ARE THREE MORE COMMON GROUPS, ___ (buds that have not opened) and ___ (larger, showing gills) should have clean firm, white caps and fleshy stems.
BUTTON, CUPS
Mushrooms dry out quickly. Store unwashed in a closed container in the bottom of the refrigerator. There is, no need to peel cultivated mushrooms, and a light washing is usually adequate. Do not soak in water, as this dilutes their taste and causes vitamin loss. To slice, cut through the cap and stem to form slices in an umbrella shape. If the mushrooms need to be a sturdier shape, cut each in half and then in quarters.
Mushrooms dry out quickly. Store unwashed in a closed container in the bottom of the refrigerator. There is, no need to peel cultivated mushrooms, and a light washing is usually adequate. Do not soak in water, as this dilutes their taste and causes vitamin loss. To slice, cut through the cap and stem to form slices in an umbrella shape. If the mushrooms need to be a sturdier shape, cut each in half and then in quarters.
Category of Vegetables
THIS TYPE OF VEGETABLE IS PROBABLY THE MOST WIDELY USED. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF VEGETABLES THAT BEARS EDIBLE FRUITS.
VEGETABLE FRUIT
Example of Vegetable Fruits
FRUIT OF THE PEPPER PLANT, A GENUS OF VINE-LIKE SHRUBS, A NATIVE OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SPECIES TO BE INTTODUCED INTO EUROPE. IT IS MUCH USED AS CONDIMENT, ENTERING INTO ALMOST ALL THE CULINARY PREPARATIONS, IT IS AN EXCITANT AND A STIMULANT, AND IT’S ABUSE MUST BE AVOIDED.
PEPPER
TWO KINDS OF PEPPER IN COMMERCE
BLACK PEPPER AND WHITE PEPPER
WITH A GREENISH-BLACK WRINKLED SURFACE
BLACK PEPPER
WHICH IS THE SAME SEED FREE FROM THE SKIN AND THE FLESHY PART OF THE FRUIT; IT IS LESS PUNGENT AND LESS AROMATIC THAN BLACK PEPPER.
WHITE PEPPER
Example of Vegetable Fruits
HERBACEOUS PLANT OF SOUTH AMERICA ORIGIN, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY VARIETIES, WITH RED OR YELLOW, ROUND OR OVAL FRUIT. SOMETIMES THESE FRUITS ARE CALLED “POMMES D’ AMOUR” (LOVE-APPLES)
TOMATO
Category of Vegetables
THESE TYPES OF VEGETBLES ARE MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS LEGUMES. THESE USUALLY HAVE PODS THAT CONTAIN SEEDS. BOTH PODS AND SEEDS ARE EDIBLE. IN SOME INSTANCES, SOME OF THE SEEDS WOULD BE DRIED AS MUNG BEANS. DRIED SEEDS ARE GENERALLY CLASSIFIED AS PULSE VEGETABLES. THESE TYPES OF VEGETABLES ARE HIGH IN PROTEIN.
PODS/SEEDS
THE MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES CAN BE PUT INTO THREE GROUPS. THE FIRST IS THOSE WHICH HAVE THE WORD ‘___’ IN THEIR NAME.
PEAS
EXAMPLES OF PEAS
CHICKPEAS, MARROWFATPEAS, GREEN SPLIT PEAS, YELLOW SPLIT PEAS
THE MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES CAN BE PUT INTO THREE GROUPS. THE SECOND IS THOSE WHICH HAVE THE WORD ‘___’ IN THEIR NAME.
BEAN
EXAMPLES OF BEANS
ADUKI BEANS, BLACK-EYE BEANS, BLACK BEAN, BUTTER BEANS, CANNELINI BEANS, FLAGEOLET BEANS, HARICOT BEANS, MUNG BEANS, PINTO BEANS, RED KIDNEY BEANS
THE THIRD GROUP, ‘___’ ARE THE SEEDS OF ONE PARTICULAR PLANT (IT GROWS MAINLY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WEST ASIA). THEY COME IN A RANGE OF COLOURS, WHOLE AND SPLIT. SPLIT LENTILS ARE INCLINED TO BREAK UP IT OVERCOOKED. BROWN LENTILS, FROM CANADA,RETAIN THEIR SHAPE WELL DURING COOKING.
LENTILS
