Schoolchildren struggle to identify fruit and veg

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Sunday, January 20, 2002 11:54 PM

Schoolchildren struggle to identify fruit and veg - Your News from

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> A survey of British schoolchildren shows some struggle to identify popular

fruit and vegetables.

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> A third thought cabbage was lettuce, 17% didn't know what a cauliflower

looked like, and some even confused melons with celery.

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> One in five of the eight to ten-year-olds said they had never even tasted

broccoli while one in ten hadn't tried cabbage.

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> Full story: http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_500247.html

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My experience:

 

When I was growing up (born in '61), broccoli and cauliflower weren't that

popular in the South. My mother didn't like either. I was in college the

first time I tried both. I wouldn't have recognised cabbage unless it had

been cooked to death with lots of bacon fat.

 

I was out of college the first time I saw brussel sprouts. My friends'

mother tried to describe them as " little cabbages " . that didn't make sense

to me. (see previous paragraph)

 

While living in Australia, I had a heated discussion with an Irish friend

about grocery shopping. He wanted to buy iceberg lettuce which I thought

had no taste. It had been rare and rather expensive in Ireland and he

thought this was a good deal.

 

At 09:47 AM 01/21/2002 -0800, you wrote:

 

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>Sunday, January 20, 2002 11:54 PM

>Schoolchildren struggle to identify fruit and veg - Your News from

>Ananova

>

>

> > A survey of British schoolchildren shows some struggle to identify popular

>fruit and vegetables.

> >

> > A third thought cabbage was lettuce, 17% didn't know what a cauliflower

>looked like, and some even confused melons with celery.

> >

> > One in five of the eight to ten-year-olds said they had never even tasted

>broccoli while one in ten hadn't tried cabbage.

> >

> > Full story:

>

<http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_500247.html>http://www.ananova.com/you\

rnews/story/sm_500247.html

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