Stems You Can Eat - TasteWise Kids (2024)

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Stems You Can Eat - TasteWise Kids? ›

Edible stems include celery, asparagus, bamboo shoots, rhubarb, and sugar cane. Other plant stems are also edible, such as broccoli and cauliflower, even though they are not necessarily grown for their stems.

Edible stems include celery, asparagus, bamboo shoots, rhubarb, and sugar cane. Other plant stems are also edible, such as broccoli and cauliflower, even though they are not necessarily grown for their stems.

Stems that we eat include potatoes and ginger, which are underground stems called tubers; asparagus, bamboo shoots, broccoli stems, kohlrabi, and sugar cane. We also eat leaf stems, such as celery, rhubarb, and Swiss chard.

Stems: There aren't too many stems that we eat. I found 3 to bring in for show-and-tell including celery, asparagus, and rhubarb.

The onion isn't a root or a stem. It's a tunicate bulb with a clump of fleshy leaves on top. An onion is a type of underground stem structure that has been modified.

The stem is the part above ground which provides support for leaves and buds. It's like the major highway of a plant, and it's vital for plant life. Nodes are the places on a stem where leaves and buds are found (the exits or intersections), and internodes are the areas in between nodes.

Many leaves of plants are edible and are grown for food. Edible leaves include cabbage, lettuce, grape leaves, parsley, spinach, mustard greens, and Swiss chard. These foods a healthy addition to our diet.

Is carrot an edible stem? ›

The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are also eaten. The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its enlarged, more palatable, less woody-textured taproot.

Many foods have edible stems that can be used in cooking or eaten raw. Some common examples include asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, bok choy, and kale.

Final answer: Potato, turmeric, and ginger are edible underground stems.

Pull up some zucchini stems from your garden, or ask around your favorite farmer's market. We'll show you how to magically turn them into pasta. Can't get enough? Check out the Zucchini Brochette recipe.

Parts of a plant that can be consumed is called edible part of a plant. Examples of seeds, roots, leaves, flowers, fruit, and stem are below. Peas and wheat in seeds are edible. Onion and garlic belong to roots and are edible.

There are also a few edible petioles (also known as leaf stems) such as celery or rhubarb. Plant stems have a variety of functions. Stems support the entire plant and have buds, leaves, flowers, and fruits.