Foodies. Apparently, they love food. But do they really know what they're eating, and where their food comes from in the first place? How many foodies can score full marks on this quiz?
1. Here's a really easy one: what colour are these little green blobs going to be in October?
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2. This isn't so easy: what are those fresh green pods (and old brown ones) hanging on the branches?
3. These green apple-shaped balls look good enough to eat now, but they won't be ripe enough until late August.
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4. If you cut and dry these now, they'll make a mild relaxing tea in the winter.
5. What colour are these spiky balls going to be in late September?
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6. What wild leafy greens grow from the seeds of the plant that gives this bright yellow flower?
7. These beautiful pink flowers bring out one of the sexiest fruits imaginable. What are they?
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8. No, it's not a walking stick. It's edible, but you know it in a much shorter form.
9. What are these white blossoms going to be when they grow up?
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10. What are these furry worms going to turn into when they get older?
11. What can be made from these tiny green blobs?
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12. These little buds will grow into a very large crop. What is it?
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OK, here's my attempt...and it wasn't easy!
ReplyDelete1. Olives
2. Carob
3. Figs
4. Camomile
5. Purple/pink
6. Mustard greens
7. Persimmon
8. Asparagus
9. Oranges
10. Mulberries
11. Wine (grapes)
12. Pistachios
OK, not sure what 1 & 2 are about...
ReplyDelete3. Σύκο
4. Χαμομήλι
5. Φραγκόσυκο
6. Λεμονίτα;
7. Orchid
8. ...(A druid's staff?)
9. Looks like oranges?
10. Μούρα
11 What can be made from these tiny green blobs?
(Tiny green blob necklaces maybe?)
12. No idea what, but it is going to be large.
I am guessing a depressingly low score :-D
1. pistachio terebinthus, they will be green-blue. In southeast Turkey we make a snack and coffee with them.
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3. figs suitable for jam-making:) Do you use them in savoury dishes? 4. camomile 5. - 6. forgot its name 7. pomegrenate 8. wild asparagus?? 9. walnut ?? 10.- 11. - 12. -
I can't wait for the answers Maria :)Really exciting.
I think 10. will be mulberry.. :)
ReplyDelete1. Olive 2. Carob 3. Fig 4. Camomile 5. Red 6. Lapsanitha 7. Pomegranate 8. Asparagus (my favourite, great crop this year) 9. Neragi ? 10. Mulberry 11. Grapes 12. Pistachio.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea..
Maria, what a great idea! Here are my answers/guesses :)
ReplyDelete1. Green/olive color
2. Carob/St. John's Bread
3. Figs
4. Chamomile
5. Reddish purple
6. Wild mustard greens?
7. Pomegranate
8. Blackberry branch?
9. Grapefruit
10. Mulberry
11. Wine or Raki :)
12. Avocado
1. Well, they are olives, so I am thinking that the finished product will be olive green--though it may well be purple--i thought that some olives ripen to purple. Hmm, maybe it is the PROCESSING that makes some olives purple?
ReplyDelete2. Carob? (If it was elsewhere in the world, I might have thought tamarind, but i don't think that grows here--nor have I seen or heard it used in Greek cuisine.)
3. FIGS! Mmmmmmmm.
4.Chamomile (I just took a pic of this above Socrates' prison in Athens. Not exactly hemlock tisane....)
5. Dark pink, purple
6.Mustard
7. Good question. A wild guess is Kiwi--but honestly, your hint is what is confusing me more! I will be interested to know what you think a sexy fruit is!
8. Holy cow is that asparagus BIG! Wow.
9.Oranges
10.Mulberries
11. wine, jelly (in the states) can be made from grapes like these
12. Hmm, I think it is a nut. (not almond, or walnut, or pecan so it is either cashew, filbert pistachio.) I am going with pistachio since I don't know that cashews are grown here and I don't have any idea what a filbert looks like on a tree!
Haven't cheated, just had to wait to confer with husband..
ReplyDelete1 green/black olive
2 carob
3 fig
4 chamomile
5 red/pink
6 mustard greens
7 pomegranite
8 wild asparagus
9 sharon/persimmon
10 mulberry
11 wine/raki
12 mastic
Husband and I disagree so can he have a go too??
ReplyDeleteAll the same answers except for 12... he thinks it's turpentine tree/tramythia
1 green or purple
ReplyDelete2 carob
3 figs
4 chamomille
5 yellow/orange
6 vlita?
7 pomegranate
8 asparagus
9 kastana ?
10 mullberies or silk worms
11 wine
12 pistachios
Maria,
ReplyDeleteA quiz is a really fun idea. I may have to create my own one day. Thanks for this--it was fun, and humbling!
1 Olives, green or black
2 ?
3 Figs
4 Chamomile
5 Pink
6 Mustard greens
7 Your "sexy" description suggests passion fruit, but I'm pretty sure this is pomegranate
8 looks like a VERY long vanilla bean, but I'm sure that's wrong
9 oranges
10 ?
11 a nice assyrtiko (wine)?
12 ?
Hmmm, honestly, I couldn't recognize all of them, but thanks to the photos I took in Spain last year, I was able to guess some of them (right, I hope).
ReplyDelete1. these olive tree flowers will turn into olives which, by October, will be probably ready for picking to make a so-called "immature olive oil" - something I'd very much like to try once (apparently this oil is a speciality of a strong, peppery taste, but I've never seen it in any store yet).
2. that would be pods of a carob tree, if ground they make a good substitute for cocoa.
3. figs - I've only eaten them fresh a couple of times. Last year they were at 20 euros/kilo (gulp). I love their taste.
4. chamomile plant is luckily very widely spread in my country, I pick and dry the blossoms myself too. I know of no better stress reliever and eye soother than chamomile tea.
5. Indian fig opuntia, or prickly pear, will be of yellow-to-red-to-pink sort of color when mature.
6. hmmm, I'm afraid I don't recognize this plant.
7. while this one I do - it's a granate apple tree, I had the chance to see it for the 1st time only a year ago. Beautiful flowers.
8. another plant that puzzles my head...
9. these blossoms must be from an orange tree (though the leaves differ slightly from those on my Spanish photos)
10. those "worms" don't remind me of any plant, unfortunately... My fellow commentators might be right and it's mulberry, but I only know how the mature mulberry looks like.
11. those green blobs belong to a grape vine (I, too, took a similar photo last week :) Hope it gives you lots of grapes this year!
12. uff, I've spent a while observing this photo but... no, I have no idea. I'm very eager to find out the answer, though.
Hello Maria, I have the advantage of living on the spot, but it's still a tough one! My answers:
ReplyDelete1. Olivey/purplish/black
2. Carob
3. Fig
4. Camomile
5. Orangey/red
6. Mustard (βρούβες)
7. Pomegranate
8. Wild asparagus (σπαράγγι)
9. Avocado (those are never citrus leaves).
10. Silk moth
11. Wine
12. Sweet chestnuts
Regards
Alexandra from Spili
I would enter, but I only know maybe 1/2-2/3 of these, thus I wouldn't win, and besides, I picked up a Greek edition of this book in Thessaloniki (for way too much money...and before I knew that EVERY SHOP in the Agora in Hania has it for sale, in English, for a better price). I would like to have in English, but reading the Greek text is good practice for me. Or it would be, if I could pry it away from my parents...
ReplyDeleteDear Maria,
ReplyDeleteHere goes,
1.Black/purple Olives
2.Haroupia/carob
3.Figs
4.Chamomile
5. Fuschia
6.Mustard greens
7.Pomagranate
8.Asparagus
9.Citrus fruit lemon/orange
10.mulberries-mourna
11.wine/raisins
12.pistachios
Can't wait for answers!!!!!!!!!!
Before I saw everyone's answers, I felt comfortable guessing only #3 (fig) and #4 (chamomile). Good thing I try to refrain from calling myself a foodie! 8-D
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