Vegatable pratiical Flashcards
Fruit vegetables
-tomatoes
-chili pepper
-eggplant
-avacado
-sweet peppers
-tomatillos
Cabbages
-acorn squash
-broccoli
-cauliflower
-broccoli rabe
- savoy cabbage
-red cabbage
-Brussels sprouts
Greens
-spinach
-Swiss chard
- turnip greens
-collard greens
-mustard greens
-kale
Legumes
-Green beans
-peas
-Wax beans
-corn
-black beans
-black-eyed peas
- Fava beans
-Great Northern beans
-lentils
-lima beans
-Navy beans
-pinto beans
-green beans
- red kidney beans
-soy beans
Mushrooms
-Morels
-French beans
-portobello mushrooms
-truffles
Onions
-shallots
-pumpkins
-yellow onions
-leeks
-garlic
-scallions
Root vegtables
-turnips
-beets
-parsnips
-celery root
-jicama
-carrots
-button radishes
-radishes
Seeds
Corn, peas
Squashes, winter
-Butternut squash
-pumpkins
Stalks and shoots
-Asparagus
-cardoons
-acorn squash
-artichokes
-celery
-fennel
Squashes, summer
-patty pan
-zucchini
-yellow squash
squashes, other
-Chayote
-cucmbers
Best choice for cucumbers
-firm texture
-No soft spots
Best choice on onions
-Hard
-dry cracky skins
-no sprouts
Qauilty asparagus
tight tips
-straight stalks
- No more then inch of woody base
-bottom of a stalk
Best greens
No yellow spots
Best cabbage
-Firm tigthly packed head
-crisp leaves
Best carrots
-No green shoulders
-break with a snap when bent
Brocolli rabe
Bitter flavor
Button of mushrooms
-white, tight, and closed
- showing no dark grills
Best corn
-Good sized cornels
-closley packed
-moist silk
-green husk
Best egg plant
-soft texture
-shiny skin
Root vegatbles are at their peak during
-fall
-winter
Cabbages are aviable
-year round
Broccoli is avaiable
-year round
Asparagus peaks
-spring
-summer
Fresh morel mushrooms are avaliable
-spring
Wax beans peaks
-summer
cauliflower avaiable
-year round
Zucchini fresh
-summer
Cardoons are ready
-winter
pattypan is fresh
-summer
Green beans are avaiable
-year-round
Itailain beans are
-summer