E:25/07/08 WIN fancy box of Riverford fruit and veg

irisrose · 23 July 2008 at 1:25PM

http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/innocent_drinks/2008/07/mystery-veg.html
Not sure of the answer will need some help please

We like vegetables. So we’re very excited to have the people from Riverford come along to our fete this year. What they don’t know about veg isn’t worth the forking manure, and we consider them to be a key partner in our quest to help people eat slightly fewer sausage rolls and a bit more fruit and veg.
As part of this quest, Riverford would like you to bring your strangely shaped veg to our fete. Wonky carrots, bulbous onions and courgettes that look like the Dalai Lama – all are welcome. The best ones will win a prize and be shown off in the Riverford tent. Or you can just post a photo of your weird veg here.
Also, we have a small competition for you. Just name the vegetables below (proper Latin names please, as well as their everyday names) and you can win one of three fancy boxes of Riverford fruit and veg. Post your answers as a comment, along with a tie-breaker – a maximum of 15 words completing the following phrase - "I love wonky veg because............"
Good luck (deadline is the end of this Friday 25th July).
Mystery veg 1

Mystery veg 2

Posted by dan on July 22, 2008 at 10:47 PM in being green, Food and Drink, friends, good business, village fete | Permalink

purpleluvbug · 23 July 2008 at 1:28PM

is veg one a beetroot

?

Edit... People have replied on the page already. These seem to be the answers they have gone for:

1)kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group)
2)romansesco brocolli (Brassica oleracea)

angelesque · 23 July 2008 at 1:29PM

If you read the comments below the competition on the Innocent link, lots of people have posted the answer there. I'm sure the first one is beetroot, but lots of people on the Innocent site say it's soemthing called Kohlrabi??

Munchkim · 23 July 2008 at 2:06PM

I think they're right, this is a Kohlrabi

Ardilla · 24 July 2008 at 1:31AM

Thought this might help, and put your minds at rest; know a little bit about fruit and veg.....trying to grow some again.

The first is definitely kohl rabi
brassica oleracea
Check out the photo on Riverford (it is the same except a wider shot!)
The second is romanesco
brassicae oleracea l.
Again here for reference

Naughtynat · 24 July 2008 at 10:08AM

Tie breaker too.......I'm not too good with those!!!!!

E:25/07/08 WIN fancy box of Riverford fruit and veg

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