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Sunday, 14 June 2026
21 facts about olives
21 facts about olives
"Where the olive refuses to grow, there the Mediterranean world ends"
It is not known exactly when and where the first olive tree, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, grew. Paleobotanists claim that wild olives g ...

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Broad beans
In Egypt, it was the food of simple, poor people.
Priests could not eat it, a special prohibition applied to the priests of the goddess Isis. However, ...
Stinging nettle
Nettle is high in protein - 24% dry weight, which is why it is recommended in vegetarian diets.
Garlic
In addition to its health benefits, garlic is primarily a vegetable and a spice at the same time, and this is its basic function in the kitchen.
Although raw garlic has a characteristic (unpleasant) taste and smell, when added to cooked and fried dishes, it loses it, enriching the taste of the dish.
Watercress
It is particularly popular in Normandy (northern France), where its nutritional values are particularly valued.
It also occurs quite extensively in the Czech Republic and Moravia.
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo seeds are yellow, plum-like in appearance. Roasted seeds are edible.
It begins to flower after 40 years of growing from seed.
Lemon balm
It grows wild in the subtropical zone of Europe and Asia.
It is characteristic of the landscape of the Apennine Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Carrot
The orange variety of this vegetable is owned to the Dutch, who created it in the 17th century.
Carob
Carob meal is produced from the endosperm, which makes up 42-46% of the seed.
The endosperm is rich in galactomannans (polysaccharides), which make up 88% of its dry weight. Gala ...
Citron
There are many cultivated varieties (cultivars) of citron.
Some of them are: etrog - with spindle-shaped fruit fingered - a fruit with long, finger-like outgr ...
Jerusalem artichoke
The wild sunflower is a perennial herbaceous plant growing up to 1.5-3 meters tall with opposite leaves at the bottom of the stem and alternate leaves at the top.
The leaves are rough and hairy. Flowers of Jerusalem artichoke are yellow, gathered in baskets, with ...