Looking forward for another exciting episode next week.
I would suggest that all posts concerning Fruits and Vegetables during the
week should have subject line starting with "Fruits & Vegetables" followed
by a portion unique for that post so that the thread remains unique and does
not break.
It would also be useful if once a member has initiated a thread with
photographs of a particular species/cultivar, other members should add their
photographs of that particular species/cultivar in the same thread. This
will help in consolidation of the database information.
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Inderjeet Sethi <[email protected]>wrote:
> Too good Dinesh ji,
> Looking forward to the week.
> SEASON'S GREETINGS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR GROUP
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Nice work Dinesh sir.
>> Best wishes for the work ahead.
>> Keep it up.
>> Regards
>> Pankaj
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Dear friends,
>> >
>> > In line with focusing on particular subject of flora, the next month
>> will
>> > concentrate on FRUITS and VEGETABLES.
>> > And, the Monday of the focus week starts almost bang with the start of
>> the
>> > New Year 2011 (assuming that most of us will enjoy the extended
>> celebrations
>> > of the Christmas and New Year vacation).
>> >
>> > Earlier episodes dealt with single family of flora; this would cover any
>> (or
>> > many) families of flora.
>> >
>> > Hopefully, we all know our FRUITS and VEGETABLES ... it is as easy as a
>> > child non-scientifically deciding to differentiate between the two.
>> > Though both of these would be the edible parts of a plant, we would end
>> up
>> > deciding the "sweet" part(s) of the plant to be FRUITS, and all other
>> > appetitive tasting to be VEGETABLES.
>> >
>> > Scientifically, our usual understanding may get straightened and find
>> that
>> > some of the VEGETABLES are in fact "fruits" by definition, or other
>> parts of
>> > the plant like leaves, stem, root ... the FRUITS too, could be any other
>> > part of the plant.
>> > All said, if there is any trouble in differentiation, no worries ...
>> simply
>> > eat and enjoy !! ... because what some people know as VEGETABLE could be
>> > FRUIT to some other.
>> >
>> > Enough of what could be said about FRUITS and VEGETABLES ... more of it
>> can
>> > be found in interesting references:
>> >
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piquance
>> >
>> > What is the scope of posting in this episode ?
>> > Per my understanding ... any FRUIT or VEGETABLE that is known to perish
>> in
>> > few days.
>> >
>> >
>> > What do we refrain from ?
>> > To avoid overlapping efforts among past and future episodes, we will
>> refrain
>> > from posting:
>> > DRIED FRUITS ... almond, apricot, cashew, date, figs, peaches, plums,
>> > raisins, walnut
>> > SPICES ... fennel, mustard, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, saffron,
>> > turmeric, ginger, asafoetida, masalas, ...
>> > CEREALS (GRAINS) ... most of them covered in grasses ... barley, corn,
>> > maize, millets, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, wheat, sugar
>> > PULSES ... beans, peas, lentils, ... in dried form ... (OK, in wet form)
>> > PRESERVED or PROCESSED FOOD ... all that is consumed from cans, tins,
>> > bottles, pickles ... OK, if some of us have keen interest in discussing
>> > flora from preserved food.
>> >
>> > References used:
>> >
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dried_fruit
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spices
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereals
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulses
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved_food
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processed_food
>> >
>> > Most of us would be in the midst of vacations ... wherever you are, go,
>> go,
>> > go steal in broad daylight, every fruit and vegetable that you can get
>> to
>> > see on a road-side seller, with your camera !!
>> >
>> >
>> > Happy posting ... Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ***********************************************
>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"
>>
>>
>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
>> Research Associate
>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
>> Department of Habitat Ecology
>> Wildlife Institute of India
>> Post Box # 18
>> Dehradun - 248001, India
>>
>
>
>
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>
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