Spinach

Science In The Kitchen

Spinach

For the eTwinning project
“FOOD 2 EXPLORE”



Researched by
Dictionary

Description, varieties, aroma, taste...

https://padlet.com/jecak/wxs10xc0d3w3

Real and Art Picture

https://app.api.edu.buncee.com/player/c2d64f35e5a141e58b51ee0252b86e27

In which countries worldwide is it grown?
Cultivation history

History of Spinach:

 His parent was home to Southwest Asia, specifically Persia. Through Syria and Arabia
was given to North Africa and from there around 1100 in Spain, from where it spread to
the whole of Europe at about 14.storočí. First of all recipes that use spinach, are
maintained in a cook book from 1390

 The First Written evidence of spinach in the Mediterranean was recorded in three 10th-
century works and in two agricultural treatises. Became spinach and vegetable popular
in the Arab Mediterranean and arrived in Spain by the latter part of the 12th century.
Also Spinach was the subject of a special treatise in the 11th Century.

 Spinach first appeared in England and France in the 14th century, probably via Spain,
and it quick Gained popularity Because it appeared in early spring, When Were other
vegetables and scarce When Lenten dietary restrictions Discouraged consumption of
other foods. Spinach is mentioned in the first known English cookbook, the form of Cura
(1390), A smooth-seeded spinach was described in 1552.

 During World War I, wine fortified with spinach juice was given to French soldiers
weakened by haemorrhage.

Import and export in Europe

The world-wide imports in 1999 amounted to 40,493 thousand dollars. Canada
was the country with greater investment in its imports, followed by United
Kingdom and Germany. The 10 first countries classified according to the monetary
value of their imports in 1999 were:

The main exporters are, in the first place, the United States of America, followed
by the Netherlands. The ten first world-wide export countries are shown in the
table below:

Source: http://www.frutas-hortalizas.com/Vegetables/Origin-production-
Spinach.html
Team from Cacak, Serbia

Recipes with spinach

https://www.genial.ly/View/Index/58d7e8cd6da42b1d40742c88

Science experiment 1

Ema Luncian

https://1drv.ms/p/s!AtuXrKNkrP6kgR_INAPz4ly0u2p5

Science experiment 2

https://prezi.com/xbb_vbb2z_yw/spinach/

Health benefits and Nutrional values

https://twinspace.etwinning.net/files/collabspace/7/97/497/22497/files/acba33f
5.pdf

by Nastia Vovk, School 5, Monastyryshche, Ukraine