Spring has finally* burst forth with a bounty of fresh, delicious, and unusual vegetables, and we couldn't help but snap some pictures. Take AOL Food's quiz and see if you can suss lamb's quarters from miner's lettuce, tell chive types apart, and put your mouth where your mullein is. Don't forget to come on back to share your score and help folks who are foraging for clues.
Spring Vegetable ID Quiz
* Seriously - we're been trying to shoot this feature every week for over a month, but there was bupkes at the Greenmarket.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-20-2008 @ 2:38PM
Harlan said...
Finally, a test I did well on! Got 18/20, and I only missed dandelions because their picture didn't look a bit like dandelion leaves!
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5-20-2008 @ 5:54PM
cpepe said...
15/20 :-( but I agree with Harlan that was a terrible picture of dandelions.
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5-20-2008 @ 9:50PM
Scott said...
Sweeeet! I usually think I'll do good at these quizzes, but then fail.... But this time I got 20 out of 20! Yaaay! The Madison, WI farmers market doesn't fail me.
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5-21-2008 @ 12:40AM
jocelyn said...
17 out of 20 here- I also agree that that picture didn't look like dandelion either. The leaves did not look the right shape to me. The other two I missed were ones I don't often find at the markets here.
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5-21-2008 @ 3:42AM
fuchsoid said...
I didn't get the dandelions either - either they are completely different to the British version, or they were labelled wrong. Also - your market sells stinging nettles?
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5-21-2008 @ 7:00AM
Cheryl said...
I bought stinging nettles at our farmers market 2 weeks ago. The sting disappears after they are cooked.
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5-21-2008 @ 7:25PM
Frances Magbual said...
It must not have been dandelions. When I took the quiz there were no dandelions! Unfortunately, I still missed five questions for 15/20.
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5-21-2008 @ 8:04PM
Kat Kinsman said...
Hi there - I'm the editor. It was dandelions in the picture indeed (I know because I took them home and ate them!), but since they didn't seem to translate onscreen, I replaced the question & picture.
Happy spring!
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5-21-2008 @ 9:40PM
Janet said...
20 out of 20...beautiful photos too!
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5-21-2008 @ 9:40PM
Janet said...
20 out of 20 right! Beautiful photos too!
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5-21-2008 @ 10:25PM
Crepe_Suzette said...
What Dandelions? 19/20 for me---
Good fun!
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5-22-2008 @ 4:33AM
imartr said...
I got 20 out of 20. I know my herbs and vegetables.
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5-22-2008 @ 4:42AM
Sandra said...
I thought I did well, whizzing through the Q's in record time.......but I only got 14/20!
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5-22-2008 @ 9:04PM
Jerry said...
It pays to be an old cook.......20 out of 20
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5-25-2008 @ 4:23PM
Lorraine said...
A lot of trouble the way you fix aspargus, I wash mine good and break off the tough ends and micowave them of two or three minutes, depending on how much you have, this is for a half of a bundle so good and crisp. Try it, you will Love it.
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5-25-2008 @ 5:57PM
hi said...
I got a perfect score 20/20. Yay me!
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5-25-2008 @ 7:36PM
Alan said...
My wife takes the main stem from any type of edible
Leaf, which makes the tenderest suculient.
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9-03-2008 @ 5:42PM
Stephen Carciofi said...
I did 16 out of 20 and started to think of what I wanted for dinner. BUT you have an artichoke listed under these veggies and a photo of one as a lead in, artichokes are NOT a vegetable,they are a flower.My last name is Carciofi which means artichoke in Italian. When I was young and in school I was sent to the principal's more than once for "correcting" the teacher.
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