Apples
Cooking
Garden
Lesson Trivia
100
Name three varieties of apples.
granny smith, red delicious, jonagold, honeycrisp, macintosh, fuji, etc
100
How many cooking lessons will we have together?
4
100
What are these called?
Scarlet runner beans
100
This is the name for the ancient trade routes for spices, other goods, ideas, and more.
What is the Silk Road
200
_____ out of 10 apples eaten in the US are grown in Washington state.
6
200
What are three ingredients we used in our last cooking lesson together?
kale, radishes, carrots, mustard, oil, honey, dried cranberries, salt and pepper
200
What did we plant in our first lesson together?
Fava beans
200
Who is considered to be the "grandfather of genetics"?
Gregor Mendel (and his peas!)
300
How many seeds does the average apple contain?
5 seeds
300
What is a method for proper knife safety?
claw and saw
bearclaw
tunnel
tool not toy
300
Name three crops that were growing in the garden this fall (or are still growing during winter).
Kale, carrots, beets, fava beans, austrian peas, sunflowers, pumpkins, scarlet runner beans, herbs, artichoke, potatoes, tomatoes
300
What are the 4 main components of compost?
browns (carbon), greens (nitrogen), air, water
400
How does one replicate a desired apple variety?
Through grafting (asexual reproduction)
400
What are some benefits to eating locally?
support local farmers
food is fresher and has more nutrition
better for the environment
cheaper/more cost effective
400
What is a way to winterize a garden bed?
plant cover crop
cover the bed (with leaves, cardboard, mulch, plastic, etc)
400
What are three reasons humans have selectively bred the food we eat?
better taste, disease resistance, drought resistance, better appearance, longer shelf life, increased yield
500
This American folklore legend traveled from Massachusetts to Indiana planting apple orchards in the 1770s.
Who is Johnny Appleseed
500
What is seasonality?
the times of year when the harvest or the flavor of a given food is at its peak, and therefore tastes the freshest
500
Name one plant family found in the garden
Fabaceae (beans and peas)
Asteraceae (artichoke, most flowers)
Brassica (kale)
Allium (garlic, onions)
Solanaceae (tomatoes, peppers, nightshade)
Chenopodaceae (chard)
500
What is nitrogen fixation?
a partnership of bacteria and certain plants (for example, beans and peas) that allows the plant to convert nitrogen from the air to a form that can be stored in its roots. when the plant dies, this nitrogen is released into the soil.