The first published recipe for fried green tomatoes was printed in Chicago’s “The Daily ter Ocean” in 1877. Around the same time, other publications began to promote the Green tomato, giving gardeners a use for what was formerly considered waste
Originally, cremini mushrooms were cultivated in the catacombs beneath Paris as they provided the right environmental conditions for the growth of them.
Looking for a challenge this Long Weekend? Try to break this record, LOL! In 1984, Janet Harris broke a Guinness World Record by consuming 7,175 peas in 60 minutes using chopsticks. In 1969, peas were the subject of the first ever broadcast-ed colour commercial.
Not a fan of the way cauliflower smells when you boil it? Try adding celery seeds or celery leaves to the water. It’s a simple way to cut down the smell.
Broccoli is a large edible flower. If the broccoli plant were left in the ground, the floret would continue to mature and become a beautiful head of yellow flowers before developing into seeds.
The use of beans has been so ingrained in our culture that there are even a few expressions in English that incorporate them: spill the beans, skinny as a string bean and full of beans to name a few.
