Do You Know Your Fall Produce?

September 29, 2008

Happy Fall! To encourage the consumption of the fabulous fruits and vegetables of Fall, we're making this week all about Fall produce. Our recipes, tips, and ideas will incorporate seasonal crops. To kick things off, I've put together this fun little quiz. I'll name a fruit or vegetable and you have to decide its season. Ready?

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14 Comments

Mme Hart 4 years 31 weeks

Oh and there is a big mushroom celebration here in May/June for the new crop...so I don't think it is a winter vegetable everywhere.

Mme Hart 4 years 31 weeks

I didn't know what some of those were...what's a fiddlehead fern? Will look in my French-English dictionary! LOL

cneums 4 years 33 weeks

5/10...missed thyme, mushrooms, mango, lima beans, and swiss chard. But dont agree with their answers on some of these! Lisbarn is right on about mushrooms. I've only ever gone mushroom picking in the summer! Also, I grew swiss chard this spring. It can go into the ground as soon as the ground is thawed a bit as it can survive light frosts and cold temps, and you can begin picking it within 4 weeks. It lasts the entire summer and well into fall. I've been harvesting my thyme since July...dont know why that is a fall pick either. Taking a lot of my garden down this weekend (northeast) :(

doogirl 4 years 33 weeks

3/10. I agree with lisabarn, in CA we have these produce items available all year long! I'm really disappointed in my score though, I guess I'd better brush up on my produce!

Calekey 4 years 33 weeks

...and I was going from when I know we grow stuff here down in Florida... Tangerines tend to be consist at Thanksgiving and well, mangos, when the squirrels don't ravage them, are in the summer... I'm very flustered about my 4/10... at least about missing tangerines and mangos.

klreynol 4 years 33 weeks

3/10 - ouch! To be fair, nothing grows in Houghton, MI from about September to April! =P

Alissa TG 4 years 33 weeks

5/10 pretty good for me! I am proud of everyone who got just 1 right, this was a tricky test :-)

lisabarn 4 years 33 weeks

Not fair - I live in California where I see some of this stuff year round. Also, some mushrooms such as morels only come in during a few weeks in the summer while the plain varieties are year round.... :(

suziryder 4 years 33 weeks

7/10 - a lot better than I expected!

ditorres 4 years 33 weeks

wow. not good at all.

mswender 4 years 33 weeks

I need to start paying attention at the farmers market. I guess I just go and get what looks good!

ilanac13 4 years 33 weeks

only about 50% - that's not too good huh? i guess that i'm just so used to seeing the products avaialable at the store all year long that it's kind of lost on me when their high season is. i guess that's what i get for not buying local...since stores import from all over the world to get things stocked all year long.