Introduction

Are you adventurous when it comes to food, or do you stick to pizza or ordinary types of salad such as tomatoes, lettuce and onion? Neil and Sam shake up the menu and talk about new vegetables created by farmers in the UK, and teach you new vocabulary along the way.

This week's question

One of the first hybrids on sale in the UK was named, Cotton Candy, because of its sweet, caramel flavour. But what is Cotton Candy?

a) a cherry

b) a strawberry

c) a grape

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary

hybrid
plant (or animal) which has been bred by mixing two different parent plants (or animals)

blue-sky thinking
using your imagination to try and think up completely new and original ideas

wacky
unusual in a funny or surprising way

the mixing pot
place where different ideas or ingredients are mixed to create something new

texture
the way something feels when you touch it

novelty
the quality of being new or unusual

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