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