Escarole endive

Endive (Cichorium endiva) is a leaf vegetable used especially in salads. It is often confused with the closely related chicory. Download high resolution version (895x556, 245 KB)Endive at the Jardin botanique de Montréal. ... Download high resolution version (895x556, 245 KB)Endive at the Jardin botanique de Montréal. ... Leaf vegetables, also called greens or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. ... —Cleopatra, in Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra, 1606 A salad is a food item generally served either prior to or after the main dish as a separate course, as a main course in itself, or as a side dish accompanying the main dish. ... Species C. endivia - cultivated endive - wild endive - common chicory Ref: ITIS 36762 Chicory is a flowering plant in genus Cichorium in family Asteraceae. ...

There are three main varieties of endive: Belgian endive, curly endive and escarole.

Belgian endive (also known as French endive and witlof) has a small head of cream-coloured bitter leaves. It is grown completely underground to avoid the leaves turning green and opening up. This is extensive manual work, as the plant has to be kept just below the dirt surface as it grows, only showing the very tip of the leaves. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

Curly endive (sometimes mistakenly called chicory in the United States) has green, rimmed, curly outer leaves. Curly endive is also know as frisée.

Escarole has broad, pale green leaves and is less bitter than the other varieties.

External link

• Endive and Chicory (http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/vegetables/endive.html)