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18 Cards in this Set
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What are some crop fruits native to the US?
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-strawberry
-blueberry -gooseberry -cranberry -grape -red rasperry/blackberry/dewberry |
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What are some crop vegetables native to the US?
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-Tepary Bean
-Jerusalem Artichoke |
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What are some horticultural drugs?
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-cocaine
-opium -codeine and morphine -marijuana/hemp -taxol -digitalis |
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What is cocaine derived from?
Opium? Codeine and morphine? Marijuana and hemp? Taxol? Digitalis? |
-from coca leaves (anesthetic)
-from latex in poppies (pain killer) -extracted from opium (pain-killer) -stems leaves and flower -anti cancer drug from yew trees and shrubs -heart medication from foxglove |
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What are some non-medicinal drugs used from horticultural crops?
Where are they from? |
-Caffeine: from coffee seeds
-St. Johns Wort: anti-depressent -Ginkgo: memory enhancer -Echinacea: reduced symptoms of the common cold -Ginseng: stimulant, multi-purpose |
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What are the multitudes of benefits of Ginseng?
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-memory improvement and stress reduction
-normalization of blood pressure and sugars -immune system enhancement -libido enhancement -lowering cholesterol -prevention of blood clots -energy and stamina |
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What are condiments?
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-spices and products that enhance flavor of foods
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What are spices?
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-traditionally referred to the tropical aromatics only
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What are herbs?
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-refer specifically to the leaves and seeds of certain temperate-zone plants
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What are some common spices and where do they come from?
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-allspice: dried berries evergreen from S. and central america
-cinnamon: bark of from tropical Asia -clove: dried buds of evergreen tree in E. India and Moluccas or spice islands of Indonesia -ginger: rhizome -mustard: from a seed |
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What is clove used for?
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-aphrodesiac
-clove oil as toothache cure and is highly antiseptic |
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What did Attila demand for the ransom of Rome?
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-3,000 lb of pepper
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Where does the best pepper come from?
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-Malabar coast of India
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Where does nutmeg come from?
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-a tropical, dioecious evergreen tree native to the Moluccas or spice islands of Indonesia
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When did nutmeg become important?
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-1600 Dutch introduced as expensive commercial spice of the Western World
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Who were the first people to use vanilla? Who took it from them?
After the Aztecs, who took the vanilla? |
-Totonaco Indians of Mexico
-Aztecs -Hernando Cortez in 1519, who took to Spain |
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What was vanilla used for once in Spain?
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-drink of nobility by combining with cocoa
-in 1602 Hugh Morgan suggested using alone as flavoring (Dutch East India founded) -Jefferson brought back from France in 1789 |
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What are some uses of vanilla besides flavoring?
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-settle stomach
-aroma therapy -perfume -aphrodesiac |
