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.
Not all garlic produces a scape - only what’s known as hard-neck garlic, which is more likely to be grown by smaller farmers, and less likely to be found in a grocery store.
The term “cool as a cucumber” is actually derived from the cucumber’s ability to cool the temperature of the blood. Also, when applied topically, cucumber really does cool the blood and ease facial swelling, which is why cucumbers are so popular in facial regimens.
Want to know the gender of your pepper? Flip it over, those with four bumps are female and three bumps are male. Female peppers are full of seeds but sweeter and better for eating raw while male peppers are better for cooking.
