Top 10 Vegetables You've Never Heard Of Part 2

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10. Lemon Drop Pepper
Being a member of the capsicum or hot pepper family, the lemon drop pepper gets its names from lemony flavour and appearance. Being small in size, about the length of a jalapeno, this pepper is 6x hotter than one. This high yielding plant can produce up to 100 peppers in a season.

9. Orange Cauliflower
Not coming from a dye this orange tinted cauliflower gets its color from antioxidant anthocyanin, which can also be found in red cabbage. Sometimes called cheddar cauliflower this variety was discovered in 1970 in Canada.

8. Egyptian Luffa Fruit (Luffa aegyptiaca)
Originating from south and south-east asia this weird vegetable is known for being a sponge. Going by the names sponge gourd, egyptian cucumber, vietnamese luffa this isn’t the only luffa fruit out there.

7. Lemon Cucumber
Coming from the middle east during the 16th century this softball sized cucumber is most popular in India today. Other names this veggie goes by are apple cucumber, garden lemon, dosakai and budamkaya.

6. Horseradish
A staple of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, horseradish originated from eastern europe. Brought to America in the 1800’s by settlers this root vegetable is commonly grown in Europe and the United States. Collinsville, Illinois is the major commercial producers of horseradish which features an International horseradish festival every year.

5. Birdhouse Gourd
Originating from southern Africa this gourd is also called: calabash, bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, new guinea bean, tasmania bean. Gourds were one of the first cultivated plants not for consumption but the containers they offer.

4. Paris Market Round Carrot
This early persian market type carrot is instantly recognizable by its round shape. Popular in France this carrot is like an upgraded version of 19th century French heirlooms that would only yield carrots 1 to 2 inches in diameter.

3. Black Nightshade Berries
Early Native tribes being the Cherokee, Iroquois and Costanoan Indians used this plant and berry as a crucial supply of food and natural medicine. Considered to be a toxic, poisonous wee in some parts of the world or a staple food source in others, this berry is sometimes confused with the deadly nightshade berry which offers an unpleasant toxic hallucinogenic experience.

2. Cucamelon
Home to Mexico and Central America, the cucamelon is more commonly known as it’s spanish name sandita or little watermelon. Growing to the size of a grape, this veggie grows a thin climbing vine protruding off of it every half a foot. Offering a very crisp bite to get inside of it, it’s like eating a cucumber that has a more interesting flavor to it.

1. Maiz Morado or Kulli Corn
Dating back to the Incan Empire in 3000 - 2500 BC this purple corn originated in the mid-latitude region of peru. Spreading along the coast and up the Andes mountains the Incan empire used this corn for making natural dyes and beverages like chica morada a purple corn and pineapple based drink that was consumed fresh or fermented into an alcohol.

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Sources:
https://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Aji_Limo_Chile_Peppers_6675.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luffa_aegyptiaca
http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-eating/food/article/horseradish-complex-flavor-colorful-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash
https://www.thekitchn.com/look-purple-and-orange-cauliflower-ingredient-intelligence-33348
https://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/The-Story-Behind-Orange-Cauliflower
https://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Black_Nightshade_Berries_12970.php
https://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/watermelon_gherkin_cucumber_7039.php

Check out some of our other videos:
Top 10 Vegetables You’ve Never Heard Of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXVDuzSI0r0
Top 10 Fruits You’ve Never Heard Of Part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6i1CGk6abA
Top 10 Fruits You’ve Never Heard Of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKTej1u-7-0

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