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List of vegetables; Local food – Food produced within a short distance of where it is consumed; Neolithic Revolution – Transition in human history from hunter-gatherer to settled peoples; New World crops – Crops native to the New World
In 1988, the Israeli botanist Daniel Zohary and the German botanist Maria Hopf formulated their founder crops hypothesis. They proposed that eight plant species were domesticated by early Neolithic farming communities in Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent) and went on to form the basis of agricultural economies across much of Eurasia, including Southwest Asia, South Asia, Europe, and North ...
Beans – eaten dry as pulses or fresh as vegetables. Azuki bean (Vigna angularis) Black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata) Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Common bean (Phaseolus spp., including pinto bean, kidney bean, runner bean, Lima bean, and others) Lentil (Lens culinaris) Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) Moth bean-(Vigna aconitifolia) Mung bean (Vigna ...
Fruits originating in Europe (6 P) G. Grape (5 C, 20 P) H. Hazelnuts (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Crops originating from Europe"
Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.
Though native to the Mediterranean region with other cabbage species, Brussels sprouts first appeared in northern Europe during the 5th century; they were later cultivated in the 13th century near Brussels, Belgium, from which their name derives. [3] [4] The group name Gemmifera (or lowercase and italicized gemmifera as a variety name) means ...
Cut the vegetables into 1/2-inch cubes, along with onion, red bell pepper, and potatoes, as recommended by Makuch. Cook the vegetables in a skillet over medium heat, then season with salt, pepper ...
Native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia; naturalized elsewhere: Leaves (when young, in April), edible raw as a salad vegetable . Berries (in autumn), edible raw, or made into jellies, jams and syrups, or used as a flavoring [6] Beech: Fagus sylvatica: Europe, except parts of Spain, northern England, northern parts of Northern Europe