Vegetables and Legumes Flashcards
Florida is a major producer of what products?
Oranges, melons, and tomatoes
Vegetables can be classified by what?
Roots
Bulbs
Steams
Leaves
Seeds
Flowers
Examples of fruits
Pepper, tomato
Examples of seeds
Beans, corn
Examples of flowers
Cauliflower
Examples of stems and shoots
Asparagus, celery
Examples of Leaves
Collard greens, kale
Examples of Tubers
Potatoes
Examples of Roots
Carrots and sweet potatoes
Examples of Bulbs
Garlic and Onion
What is a bulb?
An underground storage organ formed from the plant stem and leaves
Basal plate
A flat disk at the bottom of the bulb
The body of the bulb is made up of layers of
Fleshy scales
What is in the center of the bulb?
bud
A tuber is a fleshy storage organ formed from a
modified stem
Middle Lamella is like a ____.
Wall
When it starts to over-ripen where does the breakdown occur?
in the middle
Pectic compounds act as cement and give tissue ______ and ______.
firmness and elasticity
Can cellulose be digested?
No
Gums are polysaccharides with the ability to absorb _________.
water
When lettuce is crispy and tomatoes are juicy what part is responsible?
Vacuole
What are the 3 types of parenchyma cells?
Lecuplasts, Chloroplasts, and Chromoplasts
Leucoplasts:
Store starch, lipids, or proteins
Chloroplasts:
Contain Chlorophyll
Chromoplasts:
Contain carotenoid pigments and attract pollinator
What are fat-soluble pigments?
Carotenoids and Chlorophyll
What are water-soluble pigments?
Flavonoids
Fat-soluble is found where?
In the plastid
Water-soluble is found where?
In the vacuoles
Examples of Carotenoids
Carotene, lycopene, and xanthophyll
Brief blanching enhances what?
Green color
Chlorophyll is what dependent?
pH
Flavonoids are also pH-dependent. True or False
True
Fruits and vegetables are abundant in
Phytochemicals
Oxalate affects what two things?
Joints and kidneys
What is an anti-nutrient?
Something that prevents you from observing the nutrients
What are two things that should never be stored together?
Onions and potatoes
All legumes grow as seeds or
pulses
Soy bean products contain
less fat
TVP stands for
Textured vegetable proteins
Tofu is the ______ made from soy milk
cheese
Sufu
Fermented tofu
Tempeh
Fermented whole soybeans molded into a cake
Tamari
aged and fermented soy sauce (no wheat)
Soaking does what to legumes?
Reduce the cooking time and assist in digestibility