[b]fruits and vegetables[/b]
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[b]What Are Fruits?[/b]: The ripened seed-bearing part of a plant when fleshy and edible.
In other words, a "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. Most fruits, from a horticultural (science of cultivating) perspective, are grown on a woody plant, with the exception of strawberries.
Or you can say, generally a fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds. So your eggplant, tomato, cucumber and zucchini are fruits.
[b]What Is a vegetable?[/b]:A vegetable is an edible plant or part of a plant. However, the word is not scientific, and its meaning is largely based on culinary and cultural tradition. Therefore the application of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. For example, some people consider mushrooms to be vegetables, while others consider them a separate food category Some vegetables can be consumed raw, and some may (or must) be cooked in various ways.
[B]Some Fruits[/B]
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[B]PEARS[/B]
A pear has a very unique flavor. The pear is a tree of genus Pyrus (pronounced /ˈpaɪrəs/) and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae. The apple (Malus ×domestica), which it resembles in floral structure, is also a member of this subfamily.
[B]What Does Pear Mean?[/B]: The English word pear is probably from Common West Germanic *pera, probably a loanword of Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of pirum, akin to Greek api(r)os, which is likely of Semitic origin. The place name Perry can indicate the historical presence of pear trees. The term "pyriform" is sometimes used to describe something which is "pear-shaped".
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[B]ORANGES[/B]
[B]What Is an orange?[/B]: An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus ×sinensis (syn. Citrus aurantium L. var. dulcis L., or Citrus aurantium Risso) and its fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and tangerine (Citrus reticulata). It is a small flowering tree growing to about 10 m tall with evergreen leaves, which are arranged alternately, of ovate shape with crenulate margins and 4–10 cm long. The orange fruit is a hesperidium, a type of berry.
[B]Were Did It Come From?[/B]: Oranges originated in Southeast Asia. The fruit of Citrus sinensis is called sweet orange to distinguish it from Citrus aurantium, the bitter orange. The name is thought to ultimately derive from the Dravidian and Tamil word for the orange tree, with its final form developing after passing through numerous intermediate languages.
In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple" (e.g. Dutch Sinaasappel, "China's apple", or "Apfelsine" in German).
[B]Some vegetables[/B]
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[B]Broccoli[/B]
[B]What Is Broccoli?[/B]: Broccoli (from the Italian plural of broccolo, referring to "the flowering top of a cabbage") is a plant of the cabbage family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae).
It is classified as a cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant arboreal, flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible, sturdy stalk. The mass of flower heads is surrounded by lavish leaves. Broccoli most closely resembles cauliflower, which is a different cultivar group of the same species, but broccoli is green while cauliflower can appear in purple and yellow in addition to the traditional white variety.
[B]Were Did broccoli come from?[/B]: Broccoli evolved from a wild cabbage plant on the continent of Europe. Indications point to the vegetable being known of 2,000 years ago.Since the Roman Empire, broccoli has been considered a uniquely valuable food among Italians.Broccoli was first introduced to the United States by these immigrants, but had not become widely known until the 1920s.The first mention of the vegetable in the US was in 1806, when it was given the name green broccoli.
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[B]Carrots[/B]
[B]What Is A Carrot?[/B] The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus, Etymology: Middle French carotte, from Late Latin carōta, from Greek karōton, originally from the Indo-European root ker- (horn), due to its horn-like shape) is a root vegetable, usually orange, purple, red, white, or yellow in colour, with a crisp texture when fresh. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. It has been bred for its greatly enlarged and more palatable, less woody-textured edible taproot, but is still the same species.
It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer, while building up the stout taproot, which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 metre (3 ft) tall, with an umbel of white flowers that produce a fruit called a mericarp by botanists, which is a type of schizocarp.
[B]Were Do Carrots Come From?[/B] The wild ancestors of the carrot are likely to have come from Afghanistan, which remains the centre of diversity of D. carota, the wild carrot. Selective breeding over the centuries of a naturally-occurring subspecies of the wild carrot, Daucus carota subsp. sativus reducing bitterness, increasing sweetness and minimizing the woody core, has produced the familiar garden vegetable.
In early use, carrots were grown for their aromatic leaves and seeds, not their roots. Some relatives of the carrot are still grown for these, such as parsley, fennel, dill and cumin. The first mention of the root in classical sources is in the 1st century CE. The modern carrot appears to have been introduced to Europe in the 8-10th centuries;[citation needed]. The 12th c. Arab Andalusian agriculturist, Ibn al-'Awwam, describes both red and yellow carrots; Simeon Seth also mentions both colours in the 11th century. Orange-coloured carrots appeared in the Netherlands in the 17th century. These, the modern carrots, were intended by the antiquary John Aubrey (1626-1697) when he noted in his memoranda "Carrots were first sown at Beckington in Somersetshire Some very old Man there [in 1668] did remember their first bringing hither."
In addition to wild carrot, these alternative (mostly historical) names are recorded for Daucus carota: Bee's-nest, Bee's-nest plant, Bird's-nest, Bird's-nest plant, Bird's-nest root, Carota, Carotte (French), Carrot, Common carrot, Crow's-nest, Daucon, Dawke, Devil's-plague, Fiddle, Gallicam, Garden carrot, Gelbe Rübe (German), Gingidium, Hill-trot, Laceflower, Mirrot, Möhre (German), Parsnip (misapplied), Queen Anne's lace, Rantipole, Staphylinos, and Zanahoria.
[B]Now Back To Fruits[/B]
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[B]Star Fruit[/B]
[B]What Is Star Fruit?[/B] Carambola or starfruit is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. The tree and its fruit are popular throughout Southeast Asia, Malaysia, the South Pacific and other parts of East Asia. The tree is cultivated also throughout the tropics such as in Trinidad, Guyana, and Brazil, and, in the United States, in south Florida, and Hawaii.
The carambola is closely related to the bilimbi. The fruit in cross section is a five-pointed star, hence its name.
[B]Origins and distribution[/B] The carambola has been grown in parts of Asia for hundreds of years – some claim that it originated in Sri Lanka and Moluccas. Malaysia is the global leader in starfruit production by volume, and ships the product all over Asia and Europe.
Due to concerns on pests and pathogens, however, whole starfruits cannot yet be imported to the US from Malaysia, under current FDA/USDA regulation. In the United States, starfruits are grown in tropical and semi tropical areas, including Florida, Puerto Rico and Hawaii
[B]Gastronomy[/B] Carambolas are best consumed when ripe, when they are yellow with a light shade of green. It will also have brown ridges at the five edges and feel firm. An overripe fruit will be yellow with brown spots.
The fruit is entirely edible, including the slightly waxy skin. It is sweet without being overwhelming and extremely juicy. The taste is difficult to compare, but it has been likened to a mix of papaya, orange and grapefruit all at once.
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[B]Durian[/B]
[B]What Is a Durian?[/B]The durian (pronounced /ˈdʊəriən/)is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio and the Malvaceae family (although some taxonomists place Durio in a distinct family, Durionaceae). Widely known and revered in southeast Asia as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk. The fruit can grow as large as 30 centimetres (12 in) long and 15 centimetres (6 in) in diameter, and it typically weighs one to three kilograms (2 to 7 lb). Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its husk green to brown, and its flesh pale yellow to red, depending on the species.
The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour, strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Some people regard the durian as fragrant; others find the aroma overpowering and offensive. The smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust. The odour has led to the fruit's banishment from certain hotels and public transportation in southeast Asia.
The durian, native to Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia, has been known to the Western world for about 600 years. The 19th-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace famously described its flesh as "a rich custard highly flavoured with almonds". The flesh can be consumed at various stages of ripeness, and it is used to flavour a wide variety of savoury and sweet edibles in Southeast Asian cuisines. The seeds can also be eaten when cooked.
There are 30 recognised Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. Durio zibethinus is the only species available in the international market: other species are sold in their local regions. There are hundreds of durian cultivars; many consumers express preferences for specific cultivars, which fetch higher prices in the market.
[B]Were Does The Durian Come From?[/B]: The durian has been known and consumed in southeastern Asia since prehistoric times, but has only been known to the western world for about 600 years. The earliest known European reference to the durian is the record of Niccolò Da Conti, who travelled to southeastern Asia in the 15th century. The Portuguese physician Garcia de Orta described durians in Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas da India published in 1563. In 1741, Herbarium Amboinense by the German botanist Georg Eberhard Rumphius was published, providing the most detailed and accurate account of durians for over a century. The genus Durio has a complex taxonomy that has seen the subtraction and addition of many species since it was created by Rumphius. During the early stages of its taxonomical study, there was some confusion between durian and the soursop (Annona muricata), for both of these species had thorny green fruit. It is also interesting to note the Malay name for the soursop is durian Belanda, meaning Dutch durian. In the 18th century, Johann Anton Weinmann considered the durian to belong to Castaneae as its fruit was similar to the horse chestnut.
Durio zibethinus. Chromolithograph by Hoola Van Nooten, circa 1863
D. zibethinus was introduced into Ceylon by the Portuguese in the 16th century and was reintroduced many times later. It has been planted in the Americas but confined to botanical gardens. The first seedlings were sent from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to Auguste Saint-Arroman of Dominica in 1884.
In southeastern Asia the durian has been cultivated for centuries at the village level, probably since the late 18th century, and commercially since the mid-20th century. In My Tropic Isle, Australian author and naturalist Edmund James Banfield tells how, in the early 20th century, a friend in Singapore sent him a durian seed, which he planted and cared for on his tropical island off the north coast of Queensland.
In 1949, the British botanist E. J. H. Corner published The Durian Theory, or the Origin of the Modern Tree. His theory was that endozoochory (the enticement of animals to transport seeds in their stomach) arose before any other method of seed dispersal, and that primitive ancestors of Durio species were the earliest practitioners of that dispersal method, in particular the red durian exemplifying the primitive fruit of flowering plants.
Since the early 1990s, the domestic and international demand for durian in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region has increased significantly, partly due to the increasing affluence of Asia.
what is a tomato?
i fkn' love fruits and vegetables
Pears :love:
[QUOTE=Nintendo-Guy;18155153]Pears :love:[/QUOTE]
I love the unique taste
First soy milk now vegetables, we really know how to live here at facepunch
[QUOTE=Nintendo-Guy;18155153]Pears :love:[/QUOTE]
i hate the unique taste
[QUOTE=Van Gogh;18155129]what is a tomato?[/QUOTE]
Fruit, because it bears seeds. Same with cucumbers and eggplants.
[QUOTE=Van Gogh;18155129]what is a tomato?[/QUOTE]
Look at the chart
Too much fruit gives you diarrhea
mama says if i eats my carrots i will see in the dark like a ninja
[QUOTE=:smug:;18155499]Too much fruit gives you diarrhea[/QUOTE]
not a proven fact
This is the stupidest fucking thread.
WHAT IS SKY, INTERNET?
WHY DOES LOVE HURT???????
mama says the aligator is angry cuz of all them teeths its got.
Thank you for informing me about these wonderful delicacies.
[QUOTE=Firerain;18155603]This is the stupidest fucking thread.
WHAT IS SKY, INTERNET?
WHY DOES LOVE HURT???????[/QUOTE]
Of course firerain
[QUOTE=rb_pk;18155637]Of course firerain[/QUOTE]
makes this thread better
A megathread. Haven;t seen one of these in a while.
[QUOTE=Chronische;18155705]A megathread. Haven;t seen one of these in a while.[/QUOTE]
Thats why i made one. GD was getting to be a bit dry
[QUOTE=Firerain;18155603]This is the stupidest fucking thread.
WHAT IS SKY, INTERNET?
WHY DOES LOVE HURT???????[/QUOTE]
What is love?
[QUOTE=scientist;18156161]What is love?[/QUOTE]
a fruit
Thank you I did not know what broccoli was
[QUOTE=Kai-ryuu;18156233]Thank you I did not know what broccoli was[/QUOTE]
Your Welcome
Star Fruit is fucking tasty.
[QUOTE=scientist;18156161]What is love?[/QUOTE]
babby dnt hurt me
dnt hurt me
no more
[QUOTE=Wingedwizard;18156385]Star Fruit is fucking tasty.[/QUOTE]
Added Star Fruit
Whilst carrots contain vitamin A, which is important for eyesight and bone growth, the idea that carrots help you see in the dark was a rumour spread by the RAF during WWII to the general public, to hide the discovery of radar. It also encouraged people to grow and eat more of them (and therefore have a healthier diet) in an attempt to improve their vision during blackouts.
Add Durian to your list:
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Smells like ass, tastes good.
[QUOTE=Hackintosh;18156557]Add Durian to your list:
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Smells like ass, tastes good.[/QUOTE]
Done
[quote=rb_pk]What Is a Durian? The durian [b](pronounced /ˈdʊəriən/)[/b][/quote]
That didn't help at all
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