Yep, We Made Up Vegetables

6/11/21 by NPR

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After hearing a vicious rumor on the internet that vegetables aren’t real, Maddie goes looking for answers. Turns out, vegetables are a mere culinary construct. Still healthful and delicious, but a kinda mythic category of food. With the help of Harvard botanist Molly Edwards, Maddie and Emily break down our favorite foods from broccoli to zucchini.

Delicious plant fleshy ovaries and organs. And did you know broccoli, collard greens and brussel sprouts come from the same plant?