The Japanese Vegetables Quiz – Facts Worth Knowing

Kyoto protects its own heirloom vegetables, known as kyo-yasai, and the Japanese vegetables quiz digs into the produce behind Japanese cooking. Learn about giant Sakurajima radishes, lotus root, burdock, shiitake mushrooms, edamame and real wasabi grown in the clear streams of Shizuoka and Nagano.

The Japanese Vegetables Quiz – Japan's Garden and Forest

Vegetables play a central role in Japanese cuisine, prepared simply to highlight seasonal flavors. Root vegetables like daikon, burdock and lotus root, mushrooms like shiitake and matsutake and beans like edamame are everyday ingredients.

Some vegetables are regional treasures. Kyoto protects heirloom kyo-yasai such as Kamo eggplant, Kagoshima grows giant Sakurajima radishes and real wasabi grows in clear streams in Shizuoka and Nagano. Kabocha pumpkin is loved for its sweetness.

Japanese cooks pickle, simmer, grill and fry vegetables, from kinpira gobo to vegetable tempura. Lotus root is eaten at New Year for its holes, symbolizing a clear view of the future. Seasonal produce shapes menus throughout the year.

What This Quiz Teaches

Home cooks and food lovers will enjoy these questions.

• What daikon is
• Where real wasabi grows
• What kyo-yasai are
• What lotus root symbolizes
• Which mushrooms are prized

Did You Know?

• Takenoko are bamboo shoots.
• Satoimo are taro roots.
• Mizuna is a leafy green.
• Shiso leaves are aromatic.
• Myoga is Japanese ginger buds.

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