celery

     

Apium graveolens is a plant species in the family Apiaceae, an yields two important vegetables known as celery and celeriac. Cultivars of the species have been used for centuries, whilst others have been domesticated only in the last 200-300 years. The petiole is the part consumed.

Trivia about celery

  • A plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family
  • A popular way to make smooth peanut butter go crunch is to spread it on stalks of this green veggie
  • Ogden Nash said of this vegetable, "When it's raw, it develops the jaw, but stewed, is more quietly chewed"
  • A mixture of this seed & salt is used in Bloody Marys & stuffings
  • The Pascal type of this vegetable is the typical, pale green crunchy type
  • The Pascal variety of this crisp garden vegetable has nearly stringless stalks
  • Ache is a wild variety of this vegetable that when eaten "raw, develops the jaw"
  • Pascal is the familiar pale green variety of this stalked veggie
  • Emeril loves to use onions, bell peppers & this crunchy veggie together, so he calls them his "trinity"
  • Use a few green stalks of this, which is a good dip scoop & is also the log in an "ant"sy snack
  • Whether it's the pascal or golden variety of this vegetable, its name comes from the Greek for "parsley"
  • The Pascal variety of this crisp garden vegetable has nearly stringless stalks
  • The popular snack known as "ants on a log" is made with raisins, peanut butter & this long green vegetable