Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Wordless Wednesday -- Trip to Market



Name that vegetable (I didn't eat these on a weekly basis until I moved to France)...

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ooo I adore market shopping, but I fear my vegetable recognition is lacking!

Jenn in Holland said...

Gorgeous! I love the colors.

Anonymous said...

turnip,cabbage,celeri,radish. did i get them right.i do love le marche,too.
Are you preparing for salad?
Happy ww.

Chrisbookarama said...

Is that a turnip?

lareine said...

i believe they are "radis" or radish... you got big ones there... what we used to grow are small ones:)

Write From Karen said...

I was going to say mushrooms, but after reaading everyone else's guess, I'm going to say I'm wrong. lol

Write From Karen

Pardon My French said...

Thanks for the comments, everyone! Maya, Chris, and Lareine -- very good guesses! Chris, you are correct, there are turnips in them there parts. Maya, you did very very well; 3 out of 4 of your guesses are definitely right. I guess you and I are eating similar things!

Lareine, this vegetable does look like a radish, the kind that I call 'daikon' or Japanese winter radish. I love them! I'm looking to see if it's related, but I don't think so. Here's a hint: it's definitely related to the carrot and it does have a strong flavor.

Karen, once I read your comment I can see how they do look like mushrooms!

That leaves the little wrinkly thing in the lower left corner, one of the foods that I craved during pregnancy! I usually eat it cold in a salad.

Rebecca said...

I was clueless, I'm glad you had previous commenters better at veggie decoding than I am :-0

Happy WW :-)

catsynth said...

Great photo. Just as color and geometry, but the market shopping is intriguing as well.

Pardon My French said...

I appreciate everyone's comments and compliments! Here are the answers: turnips are indeed the veggies in the middle, and starting from the lower left-hand corner

cooked beet
parsnip
celery root (celeri rave)
red cabbage

Betty Carlson said...

I knew they were turnips, but got in pretty late on the game.

It's funny how they have the long turnips and the round turnips here. Another example of the vast variety in French food...

Kathy said...

I love turnups!!! So does daniel.

Missing you!

Kathy said...

I love turnups!!! So does daniel.

Missing you!