Some Tricky Terms
Pith
What is the bitter white layer just below the skin of a citrus fruit?
Where ripened vegetables should be stored
What is the refirgerator?
Give an example of a seed vegetables.
What are corn, peas, and beans?
The definition of a tropical fruit
What is a fruit that is grown in very warm climates and can no tolerate frost?
Do this before working with fresh fruits and vegetables
What is wash them?
Enzymatic browning
What is when oxygen come sin contact with the flesh of certain fruits, causing them to turn brown?
Where potatoes should be stored and why
What is in a cool dark place, but not the refrigerator because the low temperatures in a refrigerator cause the starches to turn to sugars.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams are all examples of this type of vegetable.
What are tubers?
The definition of a fruit
What is an organ that develops from the ovary of a flowering plant and contains one or more seeds?
Lettuces, mustard greens, spinach, and swiss chard are all examples of this type of vegetable.
What are leafy greens?
The red pigment found in some fruits and vegetables that is know to be an antioxidant
What is lycopene?
This is how you should store vegetables that still need to ripen
What is at room temperature?
Carrots, beets, radishes, turnips, and onions are all types of this vegetable.
What is a root vegetable?
An example of fruits that give off ethylene gas
What are apples, bananas, melons, and avocados?
A sauce made by simmering dried fruits
What is a compote?
Drupe
How fresh fruits should be stored
What is in the refrigerator?
Give an example of a plant that is a stem vegetable.
What is asparagus, celery, artichokes, and mushrooms?
Coulis
What is a sauce made from a puree of fruits or vegetables?
A natural sugar found in fruits
What is fructose?
Hydroponic farming
What is when plants are grown in nutrient rich water rather than in soil?
How ethylene gas producing fruits should be stored
What is in sealed containers?
Give an example of a flowering vegetable
What are broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and cabbage?
The physical characteristics that make cooking fruits difficult
What are that many are very delicate and are easily overcooked?
The reason that apples float
What is that they are 25% air?