Mediterranean Vegetables by Clifford A. Wright

Author:Clifford A. Wright [Wright, Clifford A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harvard Common Press

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS AND VARIETIES

Horsetail is a perennial herb. The edible part is the young spikelike inflorescence of the plant, which is cooked or pickled. Arabs, Andalusians, rural French, and some Italians cook horsetail.

Hyacinth

Hyacinthus orientalis L. (Liliaceae)

ARABIC: yāsint; FRENCH: jacinthe; GREEK: uakinthos; ITALIAN: giacinto, cipiduzzi, cipuddrizze, cipollacci col fiocco (colloquial); SERBO-CROATIAN: hijacint; SPANISH: jacinto; TURKISH: sümbül

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS AND VARIETIES

Hyacinth grows among rocks and in fields and has very fragrant, deep blue flowers. Hyacinthus orientalis and H. romanus are popular hyacinths whose bulbs are pickled in southern Italy, but it is the grape hyacinth that is cooked ([>]).

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