Vegitable

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The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed.

However, the word is not scientific, and its meaning is largely based on culinary and cultural tradition. Therefore, the application of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. For example, some people consider mushrooms to be vegetables, while others consider them a separate food category.

Some vegetables can be consumed raw, and some may (or must) be cooked in various ways, most often in non-sweet (savory or salty) dishes. However, a few vegetables are often used in desserts and other sweet dishes, such as rhubarb pies and carrot cakes.

As an adjective, the word vegetable is used in scientific and technical contexts with a different and much broder meaning, namely of "related to plants" in general, edible or not — as in vegetable matter, vegetable kingdom, vegetable origin, etc.. The meaning of "vegetable" as "plant grown for food" was not established until the 18th century.

Long time storage

In the fridge

If you wrap celery or any veggie for that matter, in heavy duty aluminum foil, it will last for Months and be just like fresh.

I origianlly got the tip form one of my online groups and I think they said it came from a Martha Stewart mag or show.