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Chard, like other green leafy vegetables, has highly nutritious leaves. Chard has been used in cooking for centuries, but because it is the same species as beetroot, the common names that cooks and cultures have used for chard may be confusing; [3] it has many common names, such as silver beet, perpetual spinach, beet spinach, seakale beet, or ...
Considered a crop for cool-temperate climates, the mangelwurzel sown in autumn can be grown as a winter crop in warm-temperate to subtropical climates. Both leaves and roots may be eaten. Leaves can be lightly steamed for salads or lightly boiled as a vegetable if treated like spinach or chard, which is a member of the same subspecies. Grown in ...
This variety is widely cultivated for its leaves, which are usually cooked like spinach. It can be found in many grocery stores around the world. Flavescens Group, [12] swiss chard (Syn. B. v. subsp. v. convar. cicla. var. flavescens) [13] - Chard leaves have thick and fleshy midribs. Both the midribs and the leaf blades are used as vegetables ...
One of the important food crops of the ancient Inca empire. Leaves were eaten as a leaf vegetable or used raw in salads. [175] Morinda citrifolia: Noni tree: Known as bai-yo in Thai cuisine the leaves are cooked with coconut milk in a curry. [176] Moringa oleifera: Drumstick tree: Leaves are very popular in South Asia for curries and omelettes ...
Pegomya hyoscyami, the beet leafminer or spinach leafminer, is a grey fly about 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long.It emerges in April–May and lays eggs on the undersides of leaves of beet, spinach, chard, and other greens.
Other fields, both dried and surrounded by canals, produce foods such as lettuce, cilantro, spinach, chard, squash, parsley, coriander, cauliflower, celery, mint, chives, rosemary, corn, and radishes. [35] [37] The young leaves of quelites and quintoniles, which are often mistaken for weeds, are grown and harvested as ingredients of sauces. [35]
Chiffonade (French: [ʃi.fɔ.nad]) is a slicing technique in which leafy green vegetables such as spinach, sorrel, or Swiss chard, or a flat-leaved herb like basil, are cut into long, thin strips. [1] This is accomplished by stacking leaves, rolling them tightly, then slicing the leaves perpendicular to the roll. [2]
The variety of Chard known as Swiss Chard does not have a clear history though it is thought to be named for 19th century Swiss botanist Koch but the vegetable was referred to as Swiss Beet in the 18th century. The etymology section is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzigrrl (talk • contribs) 22:09, 17 May 2014 (UTC)