The Ubiquitous Tomato
Each year, millions of Americans, anxious after the confinement of winter, are excited when spring begins. Home improvement stores and nurseries entice gardeners with announcements of special sales on items for the home garden. People converge on the nurseries in throngs, looking for the best plants to purchase. Much of the frenzy focuses on plants that yield edible products; one favorite American pastime is backyard gardening. Many backyard gardeners say that they don't have sufficient yard space to grow fruits and vegetables, and restrict their hobby to vegetable gardening. The backyard gardener may have more growing space than he/she thinks.
If you eat ketchup with your hash brown or French fried potatoes, you know that ketchup is produced from tomatoes. You may enjoy a marinara sauce with pasta, and you know that the sauce contains tomatoes and tomato products. How about the sauce on the last pizza you ordered? The sauce is derived from tomatoes. The three items described are products of tomato plants, possibly the most common vegetable grown in home gardens.
Perhaps you enjoy some of the many flavors of jams and jellies with your toast. Have you tried the tomato jam? I enjoy fruit with yogurt, but I have not been able to find yogurt with tomatoes. If I tell you that the tomato is a fruit, does it sound odd to suggest a slice of cheesecake covered with a sugary tomato glaze?
You may think, "The tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit!" I reply, "Let's check the dictionary for a definition. We should be able to clear this confusion easily."
The dictionary describes fruit as: "(1) a product of plant growth, (2) a succulent plant part used chiefly in a dessert or sweet course."
The dictionary describes vegetable as: "... a herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part (e.g. stems, leaves, or roots) that is usually eaten as part of a meal."
After we compare the definitions in the dictionary, our search for a solution to our dilemma has become more puzzling. A tomato is a "product of plant growth," but we don't think of the tomato as a "dessert." The definition for a vegetable appears to describe the tomato better than the definition for a fruit. Is this enough information to draw a conclusion? If tomatoes were fruit, we might find chocolate covered tomatoes in the candy store! Let's bring this issue to closure quickly and look for the definition of tomato in the dictionary.
The Battle of Antietam was significant to the United States for many reasons. One of the reasons why the battle was so significant was because Abraham Lincoln was up for reelection for president in 1864. Lincoln at the time knew that if he went into battle that he was for sure not to lose his presidency seat, but he was also afraid of what the outcome might bring him. Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State William Seward had made a suggestion at the cabinet meeting that was held that Abraham should wait for a Union victory from the battle. The reason Seward had suggested this plan was to make Abraham Lincoln not look like he was so desperate for a victory so that he could issue his Emancipation Proclamation Act.
The Battle of Fredericksburg falls in a long list of failures of the Army of the Potomac during the first year of the American Civil War. Following the Battle of Antietam the Northern Army had the opportunity to defeat Lee’s army. However, Northerners, were shocked by Lee’s escape following this battle on 17 September 1862, and were further upset by Major General George B. McClellan’s procrastination in pursuing Lee and allowing General J.E.B. Stuarts daring cavalry raid into Pennsylvania around Gettysburg (10-12 October 1862). McClellan’s failure to pursue Lee’s Army is mainly due to his own lack of confidence, believing that he doesn’t have enough men or material in order to defeat the Army of Virginia. President Lincoln had finally had enough; he fired McClellan for the second and final time, and replaced him with Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, whom he had initially offered the job. No military officer in the Civil War resisted promotion more assiduously than did Major General Burnside during 1862. On three separate occasions that year, President Lincoln asked Burnside to assume command of the Army of the Potomac, and each time the general demurred on the grounds that he was not competent to handle such a large force. Once General Burnside took command he immediately set forth after General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
The north in contrast has suffered from lack of leadership and military success, but the Battle of Gettysburg would be the turning point and would end with southern forces being forced to retreat. The book is first broken into four days, June 29, 1863, just before the battle began; July 1, 1863, the day of the initial Confederate attack; July 2, 1863, the first full day of battle; and July 3, 1863, the final day of battle. Each of these four sections are broken down into chapters with each chapter written by a different viewpoint of key leaders, in this review I will focus on General Robert E. Lee of the confederate army and Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain of the union
The Battle of Antietam is also known as The battle of Sharpsburg. The battle was fought on September 17, 1862. The battle was between confederate general Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and the unions general George B. McClellan Army of Potomac. They went after Robert E. Lee’s army into Maryland and the union launched an attack. Robert E. Lee army had around 55,000 men and they entered Maryland September 3, 1862 after their win at Second Bull Run. They got cocky and thought we would bring the fight to the enemy territory. They were going to invade Maryland at the same time as the Kentucky invasion. McClellan's army of 87,000 men was going to intercept Lee. Two union soldiers named Corporal Barton W. Mitchell and First Sergeant John M. Bloss of
Did you know that it is a fruit? And, the first time it was referred to as a pumpkin was in the fairy tale Cinderella. You might recall how Cinderella’s fairy god mother helped her transform a golden pumpkin and six gray mice into a carriage to take her to the ball to meet her prince charming! The word pumpkin comes from the Latin word pepeon which means large melon!
Apples, broccoli, celery, squash, cucumbers, nuts, citrus fruit, peaches, kiwi, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, and many more ar...
It was decided, then, that planting a garden would be my summer project. My mother and I planned for it to be located behind our garage, in a sunny area of our otherwise shady backyard. With my mom's help, I planted an assortment of vegetables: tomatoes, onions, potatoes ('A potato is a tuber.' 'It's a what?'), and green beans.
Tomato fruit quality for the fresh market has been improved for over 30 years (Causse et al., 2001). Fruit quality was divided in to two parts, internal quality, and external quality (Mata, 2000). Mata (2000) also indicated that a wide range of tomato currently available in the market were of high yield and extraordinary external quality. Tomato fruit contribute to nutrition worldwide, and contain diverse antioxidant molecules (Sacco et al., 2013). Fruit quality of tomato is very important attribute for the cultivated tomato. That good quality may contribute to a reduction in the risk of certain type of cancer and cardiovascular diseases (Causse et al., 2003).
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Imagine Italian cuisine without tomato as an ingredient or your favorite pasta without any tomato sauce. It sounds extraordinary to think that at one point in history Italian cuisine didn’t have tomato as a staple food. After the European exploration of the Americas, numerous amounts food we introduced into Europe, Eurasia and Africa. This helped evolve the Mediterranean diet as well as traditional Italian cuisine (MacLennan and Zhang, 131.) What makes Italian cuisine popular around the world today is that most dishes are made with a small number of ingredients; cooking methods are simple and the recipes are healthy. This is a perfect mix for the food lover, and the upcoming cook with hopes to become a chef. This is why traditional Italian cuisine has influence my pursuit into the culinary field. (”Italian Food Made Easy; Traditional Fare Just Like Mama Used to Make,” par. 1-11.)
A member of the Cucurbitaceae family related to squash, pumpkin, butternut, sweet melons and cucumber, watermelon (classified as Citrulus lantus) is planted from seedlings or seeds and then harvested by clearing the fields, similar to other vegetables. Because watermelon is cultivated as a vegetable crop, it can also be considered as vegetable.
Crops, are the fruits, vegetables, or grain that grows from the seeds that they plant during the ploughing and planting season. There were many crops that held important values, or that were more valued than other crops, much like today.
"Why Is It Important to Eat Vegetables?" MyPyramid.gov. United States Department of Agriculture, 01 Oct. 2009. Web. 06 Feb. 2014. .
Sweet potatoes are a vegetable in the Convolvulaceae family, signifying that it is a vine, funnel shaped flower, and bisexual plant. Its botanical name is Ipomoea batatas. Sweet potatoes are also assimilated with “yams” in the United States; this is because of its orange-flesh. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013)
Grow foods on the other hand, these are the food groups that sustain our body to grow and develop.