spinach

     

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central an southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher on the flowering stem. The flowers are inconspicuous, yellow-green, 3-4 mm diameter, maturing into a small hard dry lumpy fruit cluster 5-10 mm across containing several seeds.

Trivia about spinach

  • Commerce Sec'y Peter Peterson said, "The era of low-cost energy is almost dead. Popeye is running out of" this
  • Popeye might like epinards au beurre, which is this vegetable with butter
  • Like many kids, Salvador Dali detested this green veggie; he said that the only good thing in it was the sand
  • This leafy green vegetable originated in Southwest Asia & was considered a medicine by Persians
  • Something that resembles or is related to this veggie is spinaceous
  • Though it triggered an E. coli scare in 2006, this leafy vegetable is generally safe to eat; ask Popeye
  • Popeye's power source (7)
  • You may not like this vegetable from a can like Popeye did, but you might enjoy it fresh in a salad
  • This leafy green vegetable is the main ingredient in souffle d'epinards
  • The main ingredients of the Greek dish spanakopita are cheese & this green vegetable
  • Dishes cooked a la Florentine contain this vegetable
  • This favorite of Popeye makes an excellent "wilted" side dish
  • Spanakopita, a savory Greek pie, is made with this green vegetable, spanaki in Greek
  • To promote this local product, Crystal City, Texas erected a statue of Popeye
  • With the USO, Heifetz told soldiers that Bach was like this vegetable -- you may not like it, but it's good for you
  • This Swiss chard relative found in Florentine dishes probably comes from Asia & was used medicinally
  • If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this
  • This dark green vegetable is the main ingredient in spanakopitta, a Greek pie
  • The French dish eggs sardou features artichoke hearts & this veggie, creamed
  • What the French call epinard we call this
  • This vegetable found in Eggs a la Florentine is packed with iron
  • Big on vitamins A & C, this leafty vegetable always has a lot of fiber & acts as a mild laxative; look out, sailor man!
  • Whether its smooth-leaf or savoy, make sure you wash the sand off the leaves of this vegetable before eating
  • In the U.S. this green vegetable is often creamed; in India cheese is added for saag paneer
  • Unlike Florentine cookies (dipped in chocolate--yum!), eggs Florentine is made with this leafy green veggie (not so yum)
  • Bags of this leafy vegetable from Natural Selection Foods were at the center of a September 2006 E. coli outbreak
  • It's Crystal City, Texas vs. Alma, Arkansas for this title--they even have Popeye statues to back their claim
  • The vegetarian dish saag paneer is this & cheese, which is what its name means
  • Florence's Catherine de Medici supposedly liked this; that's why dishes with it are "A la Florentine"
  • Native to Asia, its species name is oleracea
  • The leaves of mulukhiya resemble those of this vegetable; we hope Syrian kids don't turn up their noses at mulukhiya
  • Dishes a la Florentine are traditionally presented on a bed of this vegetable

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