VEGETABLE TRIVIA (part 1 of 2) CORN: The most versatile of all plants, it can be eaten at every stage of development. You can find it in more than 3,000 grocery items. in fact, according to "The Great Food Almanac," "the average American eats the equivalent of 3 pounds of corn each day in the form of meat, poultry, and dairy products." GARLIC: One of the first foods ever cultivated. First written reference: 5000 years ago, in Sanskrit. at banquets, ancient Greeks serve each guest a bowl of parsley, believing it would mask "garlic breath." A vestige of this custom survives. many restaurants still drop a sprig of parsley on every plate. LETTUCE: the name comes from the Latin "lactuca" (milk) because of the white liquid that uses from broken stocks. the Romans prized it so highly the any slave caught eating lettuce was given 30 lashes.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:59:46 +0000
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