Food Technology Vegetable Crossword

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  1. 2. This green vegetable has an edible stem often used in soups and stews, but is most popular as a salad vegetable
  2. 6. This white vegetable is often referred to as the aristocrat of the cabbage family as it has a tight head of flower buds
  3. 8. This is a small, green, round vegetable, sounding like the sixteenth letter of the alphabet
  4. 10. Also known as maize, this vegetable is also a cereal recognized as having originated in the United States, consisting of round, yellow kernels that form an ear, surrounding a green husk
  5. 13. I grow under the ground and have over 400 varieties; I am also known as kumara (two words no spaces)
  6. 14. This vegetable belongs to the same family as chillies but is milder and sweet tasting; the American call it ‘bell pepper’
  7. 17. Also known as an aubergine; this vegetable usually has a smooth, shiny, purple skin with a creamy white flesh scattered with lots of brown seeds
  8. 18. This is a green, leafy salad vegetable
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  1. 1. I am a white root vegetable similar in shape to a carrot
  2. 3. I am a white-fleshed root vegetable that has a tinge of pink at the top
  3. 4. This long, thin vegetable has varieties called broad, butter and snake
  4. 5. It is said that the slaves who build the Egyptian pyramids ate this white vegetable, along with garlic and radishes; the vegetable is a bulb and consists of layers that are closely wrapped together, and can make you cry
  5. 6. I am an essential vegetable in coleslaw and sauerkraut
  6. 7. Also called courgette; I am a traditional ingredient of dishes, such as ratatouille, and am often cooked with tomatoes
  7. 9. A green leafy vegetable that gave Popeye the Sailor muscles
  8. 11. My name is derived from the Italian word brocco, meaning ‘branch or arm’; am a green vegetable with clusters of green flowers
  9. 12. I grow on a vine and am popular in the United States on Halloween
  10. 15. An orange root vegetable widely eaten by many people, including Bugs Bunny
  11. 16. This vegetable belongs to the onion family, and resembles the spring onion but is larger and cylindrical in shape