Food

[fayanora]

One day, when I am at least comfortably wealthy, there are so many foods I want to try. Before I moved here to Oregon, I thought there were only two kinds of olives: black and green. And I'm fairly sure those are the same species, just one is ripe and the other is not. Now, I moved here and found out about kalamata olives (which are delicious!) and

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[dorkphoenyx]

Broccoli has a couple of species, (broccolini, rapini), is related to cauliflower, and is actually a flower (or a bunch of them). Cabbage has red and green, plus nappa, and a couple of others, and is also related to broccoli. Baby carrots are just trimmed down regular carrots, but there are also red, yellow, white, purple varieties. Tea is actually all Camellia sinensis, and all the different varieties come from the way it is processed. If you want a really cool webpage that details what part of a plant the veggie is, and what's related to it: http://www.foodsubs.com/FGVegetables.html. There's a whole section on olives! And mushrooms! (I think mushrooms are cool, and I live near the mushroom capital of the world, so I've gotten to see them being cultivated.)

I'm just a little obsessed with food, hmm...

[ex_shirleyc]

i love food!
and sushi is so yummy, it's very popular here too, it's in the stores and supermarkets
also i think it's very funny the way you did your list, mainly because of the mushrooms

[fayanora]

:-)

Mushrooms rock!

[lilbrattyteen]

I don't like food :( Or eating in general....

I think it's the ADHD meds.

[fayanora]

That must suck.

Still, I kind of understand. I often get annoyed that I *hsve* to eat. I wish it was a choice.

[consortofvenus]

Potatoes and carrots are roots. Are roots consider veggies?

[consortofvenus]

considered**

Food is the food of the gods. That is all.

[fayanora]

Good question. Dunno.

[consortofvenus]

The page that dorkphoenyx link says they are in fact veggies. And tubers rather than roots. I still don't understand the concept though. Maybe veggies do not really exist. I bet Agent Mulder would know. Speaking of which, it sure would be fun to conjure him.

[kengr]

Actually the difference between green and black olives isn't ripeness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive

[fayanora]

So green olives are pickled olives, essentially?

I knew there was a reason I didn't like them. The only thing that should ever be pickled is cucumbers. Anything else is an abomination unto pickles.

[consortofvenus]

I prefer black olives. I might change my mind if I can ever find de-seeded green olives.

[kengr]

I rarely see them *with* seeds. Finding them pitted *and* without a filler (pimentos, cheese, various other things) is the hard trick.