Survey - Which Yiddish Vegetable Are You? - YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Which Yiddish Vegetable Are You?

Answer the following questions to discover which Yiddish vegetable you are. Be sure to write down which letters you chose to find out your results.

*1.

Question - Required - In an attempt to fulfill your New Year's Resolution to be healthier, you decide to make a salad for dinner. For the base you use:

a) shpinát - spinach

b) tsikórye - chicory

c) shalátn - lettuce

d) shtshav - sorrel

e) bléterkroyt - kale

*2.

Question - Required - You're walking through the desert at the hottest part of the day. Which vegetable do you snack on:

a) árbes - peas

b) fenkhl - fennel

c) váser-nislekh - water chestnut

d) féfer - pepper

e) áshlekh - scallion

*3.

Question - Required - Chef Gordon Ramsey will be judging dinner tonight. Which vegetable would you add to make your soup the winning dish:

a) dínye - pumpkin

b) brúkve - turnip

c) zukíni - zucchini

d) shtshípyor - chives

e) kabák - squash

*4.

Question - Required - A good salad is nothing without its vegetables. Which vegetable will you add to your salad:

a) selérye - celery

b) khreyn - horseradish

c) úgerke - cucumber

d) brókoli - broccoli

e) rétekh - radish

*5.

Question - Required - During your trip around the world, which exotic vegetable are you looking forward to trying:

a) portulák - purslane

b) kardón - cardoon

c) bámye - okra

d) sábre - prickly pear

e) artishók - artichoke

*6.

Question - Required - You're on Cupcake Wars and are asked to choose a vegetable to incorporate into your cupcake. Which do you choose:

a) batáte - sweet potatoes

b) papshóy - corn

c) rabárber - rhubarb

d) búrik - beets

e) shveml - mushroom

*7.

Question - Required - If everything you ate tasted like one vegetable, which one would you want it to be:

a) kroyt - cabbage

b) pásternak - parsnip

c) íngber - ginger

d) lápkele - watercress

e) spárzhe - asparagus

*8.

Question - Required - If there was one vegetable you could never eat again, which would you be willing to give up:

a) kalifyór - cauliflower

b) bríseler kroyt - brussel sprout

c) kartófl - potato

d) shalót - shallot

e) patlezhán - eggplant

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