The Geography of Vegetables

As we've learned previously, foods like fruits, spices, livestock and more all have their own stories to tell and vegetables are no different.
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[@luyangche8278]

Some people: "Tomatoes are vegetables" Other people: "No, tomatoes are actually fruits" Altas Pro: "Guys, you won't believe this" "Fruits are vegetables"

[@frikativos]

In European Spanish, "verdura" (vegetables) does not include fruits. We have another word "vegetales" that includes both fruits and vegetables, along with any other plant, edible or not. I believe it was the same in Latin American Spanish, but due to English influence, now "vegetales" means just "vegetables" there.

[@luyangche8278]

@@frikativos Oh cool, learnt something new today Also can't stop thinking of that vege cartoon when you mention vegetales

[@lucabralia5125]

@@frikativos it's basically the exact same thing for Italian. "Verdura" and "Vegetali"

[@matheuspojo]

In portuguese: Verdura and vegetal

[@alveolate]

@@frikativos just going by the root of 'verdura' i think the english equivalent is simply 'greens'. i'm only guessing tho, since verdura seems similar to verdant.

[@danieldelpozosanchez4398]

"Raw tomatoes are gross" *Mediterranean cuisine would like to know your location*

[@silliestsususagest3276]

Rest of the world lol

[@nataliafrese1526]

Exactly !! Tho, i must say, I ate better tasting tomatoes from my grandma's garden in Romania. Still worm from the sun, mmmm, yumy!! :P ( sure, i must be heavily biased here)

[@lasttarrasque6223]

"Raw tomatoes are gross", excuse me?

[@Skoupojulo]

As a Greek this is exactly what I thought.

[@whafflete6721]

*Chews on tiny tomato* Welp

[@brandonvistan7444]

" You could eat tomatoes raw, but they're kind of gross." *Every culture on Earth wants to know your location*

[@domenstrmsek5625]

yeah agree we eat tomatoes raw from slovenia

[@Dilmahkana]

American tomatoes are probably shite

[@eVill420]

@@Dilmahkana go figure lmao

[@felicepompa1702]

@@domenstrmsek5625 it depends but tomatoes are good just raw, with some salt, mashed in a fresh salsa and even roasted or boiled and then cooked with onion and oil ( that's the most common tomato sauce in italy)

[@MyDude199]

Raw tomatoes are fine, it's definitely a preference thing, though not liking tomatoes seems common

[@izzaazzurri]

I like how the comment section not angry because atlas said tomato is a fruit, but because he said eating raw tomato is gross 😂

[@penguinpingu3807]

Well isn't it gross

[@lisaredwine4857]

I don't think it's angry, more like incredulous.

[@lalaland2107]

I grew up learning that it is indeed a fruit.

[@mikiohirata9627]

No he's just closed minded and it's his loss so it's ok.

[@kennydavis2276]

President Reagan said ketchup is a vegetable, so, there ya go.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Who the heck dislikes raw tomatoes? What?

[@sebastianflynn1746]

Me I just can't deal with the acidity, just a little bit of time on the heat and I really prefer it.

[@pawelbolek7419]

*all of Poland agrees and wants to know your location*

[@BeardGainz]

People who haven't eaten good tomatoes.

[@KSWfarms]

Me, I actually hate tomatoes in general lol

[@gabor6259]

I don't like raw tomatoes, even though my parents do.

[@michiganscythian2445]

"Reviving drowsy Venus" is my new favorite euphemism

[@rhrabar0004]

I'll drowsy your reviving

[@cueball6969]

Considering Venus was the goddess of love, I think I see where this is going

[@anonymousfellow8879]

...I’m still dismayed yet unsurprised that veggies even got cultivated at all simply ‘cause dudes wanted an easier time act everytime they felt horny

[@mikearmstrong8483]

I'm thinking this all got lost in translation, and it all started with "reviving a drowsy (something that sounds like venus)".

[@michiganscythian2445]

The Latin word for "something that rhymes with Venus" is fascinum so no mix up there! Venus, I'm sure, is referring to female libido

[@JasonJBrunet]

"Wild onions have actually gone extinct" Maybe the species from which grocery store onions descended has gone extinct, but wild onions are absolutely not extinct.

[@RNGclips_]

That’s what I was thinking

[@treelym]

I thought I've actually eaten wild onion in the United States, but your right might not be where the bigger onions come from.

[@carolforrest9218]

Wild onions grow all over rural Northern California 🤗

[@haewonized]

I mean they’re weeds and not very big (but also not given a chance to grow) but they’re all over my backyard 😭

[@sterlingkuhlmann6270]

They’re in my backyard lol

[@psychlops924]

“Hello, I’d like some non-GMO kale.” •laughs in Ancient Greek•

[@jerrynoruega1625]

I'd love to see the geography of fabrics, as it was one of the most important goods to help societies grow. Linen, cotton, silk and all the other ones I don't even know of, organzas and whatnot.

[@nathanielchance9751]

Agreed, I'd be especially interested in the origins of rope making plants like cotton, sisal, manila, coir, papyrus, and hemp. Not to mention the other plants used in general textiles

[@Adventure_Together]

That would be an interesting topic. Good shout, I'd love to see a video on this.

[@simonbastrup486]

Was thinking the exact same thing!

[@MrChristianDT]

Dog hair. Pacific Northwest- Natives actually need a species of dog for wool like sheep. Not kidding.

[@wetstoffels3198]

HEMP

[@Death6man]

Atlas: "raw tomatoes are pretty gross" Maybe the whole chat: "So you have chosen... Death"

[@danielm5535]

They taste and smell like overpowering bitter metal to me. It’s a receptor thing. Can’t be in the same room- I reflexively gag. I can only eat them after long cooking like oven roasted or canned sauces.

[@paxundpeace9970]

He isn't Italian

[@badoem5353]

@@danielm5535 cherry tomatoes!! And take ripe one's they're pretty sweet for me honestly

[@the_alchemist6063]

@@danielm5535 Sounds like you can't eat sweet cherry tomatoes..

[@joelsmith3473]

And goes on to say cauliflower tastes better than broccoli. What.

[@mautbranco]

Awesome video! I love the story about the three sisters, the vegetables were planted toghter because the plants had a mutualistic relationship. The squase would protect the ground from the sun, the beans would creat nitrogen with their roots and the corn would sustain the beans. Native people would farm them togheter because of it

[@nooneyouknowhere6148]

Mix the three and you have succotash

[@khangphan5174]

Okra made its way to western cuisine. In the American South, especially in Louisiana fried okra is a delicacy and a side dish pairing with barbecue

[@Lando-kx6so]

Caribbean as well

[@MichaelSHartman]

Also watermelon.

[@mustafabarzanji9280]

In the Middle East, okra cooked in tomato sauce with lamb/beef is a staple.

[@fidequem]

In brazil is also common eat fried okra and it is used in a lot of local recipes

[@sreyasbiswas730]

In India, we call okra as "Ladies Fingers".........in hindi we call it "Bhindi"......they r famous in our cult

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

Chili peppers: *Produce capsaicin so they dont get eaten* Some human: This plant makes me feel like my mouth is on fire, but thats honestly kinda lit. Chili peppers: Excuse me, what the fuck?

[@ckv954]

Chilli peppers: _damn masochists_

[@geoffh4861]

That was a commonly held belief about the evolutionary function of capsaicin, but it's probably not the biggest evolutionary driver. More likely, it is the anti-fungal/bacterial affects of capsaicin, that protect the fruit from disease in very humid environments, that was the biggest evolutionary driver of its production. This has been confirmed by control studies on capsaicin production in plants on different watering regimes. The more frequent the watering, the spicier the pepper.

[@mikedaniel1771]

Since chilis make such a good preservative, it's good evolution for humans to be able to eat them

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

@@mikedaniel1771 Yes, this is big brain time.

[@iruns1246]

Isn't it to prevent specifically mammals from eating them? Since birds don't seem to care about the heat. So maybe they just want to spread farther by using flying animals.

[@rafaelmonroyrojas4240]

Atlas Pro: *expecting to be roasted for which plants he considers vegetables and which he doesn't* The comments: *roast Atlas Pro for not eating raw tomatoes*

[@runefjord8446]

"Something as american as corn orginated.. well.. just south of the border"

[@petrus9067]

LOL

[@aurelia8028]

lul. I'm european and I defenitely don't view _maize_ as "american" or "USA-an" at all.

[@wildele9699]

@@aurelia8028 it’s American-Mexican. Grown in the southern us and northern Mexico. You can just call in American as in the North Continent

[@MakaveliRaider]

Yeah come is from Mexico.

[@rebeccaanderson5626]

Let's make a geography of penis sizes. How sizes shrank and grow In different regions of the world by human in habitat

[@sayantansaha1976]

Raw tomatoes are literally one of the best foods to eat raw!

[@tahsintariq8757]

Hank Green: "Butt is Legs" Atlas Pro: "Tomatoes are vegetables" Just when you think you've heard it all.

[@amistry605]

When did he say that?! 😆😆😆

[@BrutusAlbion]

@@amistry605 it actually does make sense tho. Your legs are the reason why you have a butt to begin with ... it's where the leg begins so to speak ... so butt is part of the leg and not of the torso. Just my reasoning tho ...

[@amistry605]

@@BrutusAlbion I totally agree, I just wanted to know when Hank said that lol.

[@tahsintariq8757]

@@amistry605 here's the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHmueIqCotGSo8k

[@GuiSmith]

I think the more controversial thing is saying that fruits are vegetables, but yes

[@MrFuckingKololo]

Atlas Pro: Raw tomatoes are gross. Me, eating tomato slices while wathcing the video: Huh?

[@HellionImmortal]

The same thing literally just happenned to me

[@sohopedeco]

I don't eat it like a fruit, but it is always raw in the middle of the salad.

[@zackbrand9311]

It’s delicious with a little salt imo

[@croneryveit9070]

Literally had raw tomatoes with crushed pepper and lemon juice, some cheese and bread for breakfast. This guy needs to get out of his basement more.

[@zackbrand9311]

@@croneryveit9070 I’m pretty sure he’s American and I notice a lot of Americans have this weird stigma of eating tomatoes raw.

[@danielkover7157]

Wild cardoun: "I bet I could eat that." Centuries later, artichoke: a vegetable I still can't eat. It's not because it tastes bad, but because every time I eat one it feels like more work than it's worth.

[@triconcert]

"Prefer to cook tomatoes???" Shocking! Most of us in the Caribbean actually eat tomatoes raw especially in salads. To hear you say that was truly strange! Fascinating presentation all the same. Great information!

[@TheXan57]

Atlas Pro: Raw tomatoes are gross Me, eastern european: Eating a tomato from my garden like an apple

[@djordjerasic7482]

@@hanzchristiancastillo8887 bro tomatoes are the best raw

[@martinsriber7760]

@@hanzchristiancastillo8887 Eating raw tomatoes is common. We normal people should ask you that.

[@jalchi8367]

@@martinsriber7760 yes in europe it is common to snack vegetables, maybe it is an USA thing not to eat raw vegetables

[@martinsriber7760]

@@jalchi8367 Maybe. They are also disgusted by raw meat.

[@jasonirwin4631]

@@jalchi8367 eating raw vegetables is a thing in the us. Eating a tomato like a apple isn't. I personally love sliced tomato or cucumber with a little bit of salt. As far as raw meat goes pork and most poultry is almost never eaten raw but fish absolutely and beef is kind of raw with people liking rare or medium rare cooking. Most Americans don't want to risk food born pathogens.

[@stickykeys2795]

What about geography of flowers? There’s got to be something interesting there...

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

Me and my Jurassic homies all hate flowers

[@TheAndrew1987]

dutch tulip bubble

[@videosefilmes22]

Agree

[@Dragrath1]

@@juanmam.2113 Actually Dandelions were introduced to North America from Eurasia as they were brought over as a food crop by European colonists the leaves and tuber even the flower and seeds are all edible historically both been consumed though they were predominantly used as medicinal herbs. It was only later as the lawn fad was spread by the landscaping industry after the second world war that they became "weeds" rather than agricultural crops I'm actually quite curious at how that happened as it is a pretty large change in usage as the plant has been used by people for thousands of years.... There are many types of dandelions spread over Eurasia and North America but almost all of the ones we think of are T. officinale and T. erythrospermum which are native to Eurasia but have been spread everywhere by people and have become easily established due to their ability to reproduce asexually. Both sunflowers and dandelions are members of the Asteraceae another major group of angiosperms that arose and radiated out back in the cretaceous particularly during the Campanian the 5th major geological period of the Cretaceous so they have had plenty of time to colonize the world. The rose family is both extremely diverse and widely dispersed with its epicenter of diversity in Eurasia but species are indigenous to all continents except Antarctica a diversity which makes sense given the family is relatively old for angiosperms with evidence suggesting the family split off from other angiosperms back in the early Cretaceous around 120 Million years ago which puts them as a major early player in the angiosperm diversification and eventual late cretaceous dominance.

[@lusciouslocks8790]

@@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 FRIENDSHIP ENDED WITH ANGIOSPERM!!! NOW BRACHIOSAURUS IS MY BEST FRIEND!!! 😤😤😤

[@berouja]

The geography of languages would be an interesting topic to cover.

[@RodrigoHenriquesLuciano]

I want to add: Kasava, also the variants mandioca, aipim, inhame, etc... are extremely important and present in South America and Africa cuisine.

[@keepclimbing2015]

You didn’t do geography of grains outside of corn did you? Wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet, rice, etc.

[@davidgil6485]

I suppose he doesn't consider them vegetables

[@memyselfishness]

By his definition, grains are vegetables, so he really should've covered them in this video.

[@EastSider48215]

He’s an American, and what we call corn, the rest of the world calls maize. We don’t include the other grains as corn.

[@SkittleBurstsxoxo]

You guys are the people he shades in the beginning of the video

[@snowstrobe]

@@EastSider48215 'Corn' was actually once the word for grain. Read any 16th -17th text like the KJV or Shakespeare and they use the word corn all the time.

[@ConnorCocoas]

I’m now weirdly depressed at the idea the wild onion is extinct 🥺

[@chemxcore]

I had the same thought :(

[@anderpanders6210]

So are our ancestral hominids. Still, we doing good just like the onion :)

[@seventoejoe3307]

Maybe the original Persian variety is, but there are plenty of American wild onions and even a wild garlic that grows as a weed in many people's yards. I'm sure with some breeding these could be made into veggies just as glorious

[@MrChristianDT]

Yep. America has Ramps, Nodding Onion & Meadow Garlic, which all have different flavors (apparently) & come into season at different times. There's also an invasive onion species, which I think may have come from Europe, so I'm sure Europe has wild onions too.

[@frenchbreadstupidity7054]

Wait until you hear about mouflons.

[@Lando-kx6so]

Bok Choy's very popular in Jamaica & other places in the Caribbean. A lot of vegetables that originate from Africa also made their way to the Caribbean and are part of our palate today like Ackee (national dish of Jamaica & originates from Ghana), okra, & yams

[@talyn3932]

I would reccomend Geography of Grain. Seriously, that would be great. You have Millet in Africa and China. Emmer, Einkorn, Hulled Barley, Rye, in Levant. Psuedo Grains like Amaranth and Quinoa. Rice. Maize, etc... The diversity of Grains and the parallel domestication of similar grains a world away is incredibly interesting. You could even go further with the Founder Crops, the Rye controversial origin, the Corn Dole of Rome (Corn meant grains... not maize) Grain Banking of Egypt. I would argue that there has been no more important a plant family in human history than Grains.

[@franbalcal]

Quinoa and Cassava (yuca) saying "fuck my drag, right?" . Actually perhaps a geography of grains could be another video idea. Rice, wheat, barley, rye, oats, buckwheat, couscous, quinoa, bulgur. etc. or geography of legumes like lentils and chickpeas , peanuts.

[@sohopedeco]

Is couscous a separate plant? I thought it was just a dish made with something else!

[@jackyex]

@@sohopedeco but couscous is a meal not a grain

[@wave1090]

Quinoa is more of a new trend and still isn't that widespread in eurocentric cuisine. Yuca much less, I'm a Latino living in Europe and can tell you, nobody here knows about it. Sadly

[@sohopedeco]

@@wave1090 Here in Brazil, it's certainly something expensive only "trendy" people eat. But cassava is freaking common.

[@RK-cj4oc]

@@wave1090 European here, first time i ever heard of it was when i worked at subway at 17 couple years ago, it smelled great tho

[@rembosnek]

I'd like to see a video on the geography of nuts (peanuts, cashews, almonds, etc.)

[@creativedesignation7880]

Fun fact: None of these are nuts in the botanical sense. Cashews and almonds are drupe seeds, like the the pit of a peach and peanuts are legume crops, like beans. But I'd like to see a video about culinary nuts aswell, preferably including an explanation as to why we call so many things nuts, which are not nuts. I assume it is simply because of the way we consume them, but given the fact that the vast majority of culinary nuts are not botanical nuts, I'd not be surprised if there was more to it.

[@weaksause6878]

I wonder where Brazil nuts come from 🤔 Edit: tempted to say /s but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come from Brazil.

[@erichtomanek4739]

etc includes politicians.....

[@flavvsdasilver6442]

Don't you forget to include D's nuts!

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@flavvsdasilver6442 Ha! Got em!

[@GilbertoRivera11]

I am a Mexican living in China, and sometimes I'm so surprised of how many "Mexican dishes" are consumed here. From Hunan food (stir peppers with protein) to "caldo de res"

[@gordonchao3074]

Wait, I am Chinese and don't know what's 蛋白质炒青椒😅

[@mariotheundying]

Here where I live in Latin America there's a lot of chinese restaurants, not that their bad tho, everyone eats it anyway

[@LikanMX]

@@mariotheundying that’s not really Chinese food, it’s more Americanized Chinese food.

[@ALYTALyrics]

i thought it said human food and got pretty confused for a second.

[@paulvontarsus729]

Don't let them catch you saying that, or you'll be avalanched by an angry mob.

[@Mauricio-qm8gv]

Yam, taro, tiquizque, cassava, cucumber are a few vegetables that I would like to see in another video!

[@wave1090]

Atlas Pro: "Raw tomatoes are gross" Me, snacking on some delicious raw cherry tomatoes: "Huh?"

[@eyuin5716]

I know right? Raw Tomatoes taste great with their savory and tangy taste.

[@meee_5155]

Me: 🤔 well he ToTaLlY spends SOOO much time researching like has he never had a salad before? I eat just a cut up tomato like every other day for lunch

[@iova666]

same here :O

[@locococo8961]

@@meee_5155 They are feckin gross, but, IT IS AN OPINION, don't say he didn't research because just because he doesn't agree with you.

[@KuK137]

@@locococo8961 This is an oPiNiOn like stating sugar is bitter...

[@wendtchr]

Atlas Pro: "Eating a raw tomato is gross and people don't usually do it." Me who eats raw tomatoes as a snack literally every day: "oh..." Friendship with Atlas Pro ended!

[@tubomi8]

big store bought tomatoes are disgusting only the small ones actually taste good

[@hulias3107]

@@tubomi8 1:36 do you consider the one he eats small or big?

[@Sendarya]

Me sitting in front of my computer watching this video with a big bowl of homegrown cherry tomatoes to snack on, and looking forward to that RAW tomato sandwich for lunch.

[@BentleyBohemian_96]

Salt and some chilli powder 🤤

[@its.rfscannel9338]

Ya

[@venkatvenkatakrishnan7741]

Love your videos. Just FYI, In south India, during funerals and death ceremonies, all the dishes (around 15-20 different kinds) are made from only fruits and vegetables that are native/originated to India. Example Brinjal, Snake Gourd, Bitter Melon, All parts of the banana plant except the roots, Taro, etc... Moringa, another super food has its origins in India.

[@Arghore]

Any chance of Nuts next ?! ... seeing we have had fruits and feggies, their lovely cousin the Nut should not be left out ^^

[@frenchhornempire_8479]

Everyone’s talking about raw tomato but is no one going to touch on the fact that he said cauliflower is better than broccoli!?

[@shanecullinane7299]

Absolute madman

[@donbionicle]

Raw tomato I can kinda get given that proper fresh tomatoes are damn hard to come by, especially in winter...but cauliflower is leagues behind broccoli in all cases I've tried them in.

[@123maof]

but it is (especially raw cauliflower vs raw broccoli)(also cauliflower with peanuts, all chopped by a food processor-but not mushed- is great, just remember the lemon juice, salt and olive oil)

[@Atlantic238]

Because it is.

[@Amongus_2_Revenge_of_the_Sus]

Broccolil is better then cauliflower

[@kenthehobo]

"The world's best vegetable, the potato" Me, a Colla (Andean Bolivian), about to eat a potato: 🥲

[@thjs3tze.t.s.189]

Yo apunto de comer un pique macho...

[@kenthehobo]

@@thjs3tze.t.s.189 utaaaaa que ricooooo

[@Sheradhien]

gasped

[@Arghore]

Inspired a whole famous painting in the country where i live ... i love potatoes, i should go to south america and try the others !!!

[@MortyMortyMorty]

You probably won't read this, but these kinds of videos are my favorite on the whole youtube! I really love your content, keep up the great work!

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

I much prefer the taste of broccoli to cauliflower, but I’ve never even seen an orange or purple one! I will now try to find them!

[@janmelantu7490]

“Okra…never made its way to western cuisine” *the Southern US would like to know your location*

[@pasterzppp]

Never heard before there in Europe

[@Bille994]

Possibly brought over by slaves from sub-Saharan Africa? As a European I can tell you that okra is very alien to our native cuisines. It's actually something I've never even tried! It's on my to-do list though

[@asktheetruscans9857]

Nearly any fish or fried chicken joint in the U.S. has fried okra. It's also great in stews and soup as a thickener and flavor catalyst. Cajun/creole recipe's from the south pretty much have to have okra.

[@Sinyao]

Okra is also somewhat popular in southeast Asia.

[@MrChristianDT]

It's only a commonnpart of the diet in the American south-- that, & Filé spice from Sassafras leaves. I mean, you can get okra just about anywhere in the US, but it's not commonly eaten. I usually only put it in soups or rice dishes. Comes out pretty good.

[@Shinoo_B]

"raw tomato might taste pretty gross" *blt is now illegal*

[@sanghamitrabeura7090]

Lotus is a versatile vagetable. All parts of it can be eaten like stems, roots, flowers, seeds and leaves. After some preparation. You should have included lotus (कमल) in the video.

[@Warpreacher]

THESE!!! THESE ARE THE BEST ATLAS PRO VIDEOS!

[@LucarioBoricua]

Given how many vegetables are missing here, I suspect we could be getting parts 2, 3 and maybe 4. Some which merit being in subsequent videos: - Garlic - Cassava - Taro - Cocoyam - Coffee - Tea - Dill - Other relatives of the onion (Shallot, scallion, chive, leek...) - Nopal (a cactus from Mexico) - Vanilla - Mustard - Courgette - Eggplant /Aubergine - Fennel - Lotus - Bamboo - Ginger - Horseradish and Wasabi - Parsnip - Olives

[@altheamantes2041]

Agree

[@indiangum4691]

Garlic, vanilla and Ginger was already mentioned among the spices but agree with the rest

[@ninamo3523]

Chickpeas/garbanzo beans are one of the earliest cultivated legumes in Mediterranean and Middle East.

[@ariana_208]

Fun fact about the ‘three sisters’ not only were they very popular but they were grown together (thus making them siblings) The beans grow up the corn stalk and the gourds grow at the bottom :)

[@Hallows4]

You've talked in the past about doing a "Geography of Grains" video, and if that ever happens here are some of the major ones you shouldn't miss: Wheat Millet Barley Rice Sorghum Quinoa Rye Oats All of these have multiple varieties, so that would be a good way to stretch things out if necessary. There are also some starchy plants which are typically ground into flour and baked - cassava, sago, taro - that may help fill out the roster.

[@croaklikeatoad4384]

I’ve been eating raw tomatoes like apples my whole life

[@liam-man7265]

I like tomatoes raw as well but I wouldn’t prefer to go that far in my opinion.

[@jorgeshaft1483]

Meanwhile the cabbage plant, after being responsible for over a dozen different vegetables: "This isn't even my final form!"

[@georgiancrossroads]

These Geography of... are my favorite series of yours. We still need a Geography of beverages. Possibly two. One for alcoholic. One for everything else.

[@FloozieOne]

Wild onions grow in the fields around our home in Rhode Island. They are nothing like "regular" onions being very tiny and white, but they are not scallions (which used to be called wild onions in the UK in the 16th-18th century before our current domesticated varieties were bred), although scallions do belong to the onion family. Wild onions are quite strong but also kind of bitter as well as oniony so they aren't really edible alone but can be shredded into salads or boiled in a soup or stew. The thing is they don't grow in groups like yellow onions but are solitary and very tiny so not really worth the effort of collecting. By the way, standing in your garden eating a tomato still warm from the sun with just a dash of salt is one of the most exquisite tastes on earth. The author must have only eaten store tomatoes which admittedly often taste like wallpaper paste.

[@arkoberries6494]

Anyways I learned new things from this vid and I am still a child so I happy to learn new things and the vids atlas pro makes are packed full of learning, I thank atlas pro for making such high quality vids for me and other people.

[@Spartan2818]

Hearing you say "top tier vegetable" makes me want tierzoo to do a veggie tier list lol

[@robinchesterfield42]

Ohmygod that'd be awesome. It'd probably be ranked by (a) how easy it is for the plant to get eaten in a way that damages/kills it and (b) how well its seeds spread around. Maybe popularity would be in there somewhere.

[@fabiofonv]

TierPhyto

[@j-core2895]

devs should nerf tomatoes because they spawn too quickly

[@whafflete6721]

Me,seeing the commands unfold with debate over raw tomato: "I can milk you."

[@nunyabidniz2868]

"comments" but yeah, I feel ya. [Don't you hate it when you type the right word & the d@mn spell f!cker, er, "checker" replaces it on you?]

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

The history of Grains would be another great topic. I had a class in college where they associated grains to culture and it was fascinating. For instance why does the South eat biscuits and the plains toast, while the north east prefers English muffins or bagels. The prevalent grain determines the food type, along with culture of the population of course.

[@Biblioholic1993]

Turnip and raddish greens are interesting! The bitterness is also mixed with the raddish "spice" and its actually pretty good for a salad mix, though you want the younger leaves. They get to be somewhat spiny, and older greens are better steamed like spinach in large quantities.

[@rhiannejones3815]

Theory: Atlas pro said that about eating raw tomatoes to distract us from disagreeing with his choice of vegetables 🧐🤨

[@luckyn4t0r]

Little fun fact: Corn was so important to the Mayas that their mythology said the first humans were formed out of four different corn variations: yellow, black, red and white, which to them explained skin color variations.

[@alfredthepatientxcvi]

Nice to know :)

[@frenchbreadstupidity7054]

And the Aztec god of the harvest, Zipe Totec, is like corn. His skin gets peeled off to reveal golden flesh.

[@krishdesai9776]

Hi Atlas Pro, lovely video! Would love to see a geography of mushrooms video some time

[@petrus9067]

"Something as american as Corn is from mexico" Mexico: is in America

[@frigginjerk]

It's clear he means "American" in the sense of pertaining the USA. There's no commonly used term in English like "United Statesian." Yes, we named our country poorly. No, you're not the first person to point it out.

[@petrus9067]

@@frigginjerk i understand that, it's not a big deal :) it's a play with the words. Though it's still funny because mexico even borders the US, so it's not that surprising..

[@TylerSolvestri]

@@frigginjerk You didn't name your country at all lol

[@liam-man7265]

We should rename the United States as “Usania”.

[@hayden6700]

@@TylerSolvestri reading comprehension isn't your strong suit is it

[@velocitaaa]

Tomatoes are absolutely fine when eaten raw...

[@braddlesharris3577]

Fr this man must not eat salad 😂

[@jasonsmith8548]

An American can't understand that eating some vegetarian raw is just fine 😂😂

[@EdbertWeisly]

TOMATO GANGGGG HELP TOMATO RULE VEGETABLESSSS Edit:Potato is still ok i guess

[@WanderTheNomad]

Tomatoes are garbanzo beans.

[@fluffysheep2919]

eh,raw tomato is pretty gross to me,it's subjective I guess.

[@wannacashmeoutside]

“Raw tomatoes are gross” 🤨 naw man. A dash of salt and pepper or tajin 👌 My daily snack. With cucumbers.

[@Bluebooty]

Oh shit tomatoes in tajin? Id never thought of that but it’s genius

[@MichaelSHartman]

Salads, sandwiches, with cottage cheese, ...

[@LikanMX]

Jitomate con Tajín?! 🙃

[@ryanwiranata]

Please make geography of grains, i really want to see more types of this video in your channel

[@TheNintennews]

Sam o'nella taught a very simplified version of this year's ago and I'm loving that there's a longer explanation

[@terrenusvitae]

"Just a bunch of people doing something for no particular reason." yeah that's history alright.

[@MichaelSHartman]

Novelty is prized by some gardeners. It also might have been flavor. Commercial farming has a tendency to reduce selection to a few varieties. Shelf space in produce departments are at a premium, so few varieties are encouraged.

[@percy523]

Atlas Pro: Sassily declares cauliflower superior to broccoli Me, sipping my chocolate milk like it's fine wine: ohohohohohohoho

[@georgf9279]

I could eat a kg of steamed cauliflower with nothing else added. Broccoli? Not so much.

[@frenchbreadstupidity7054]

@@georgf9279 I need to eat a brocolli head between every bite out of cauliflower. How can you like something that tastes like warm water? Unless you are smothering it in salt and sauce, in which case, you do not like cauliflower.

[@arinasosnovskaya5298]

Surprisingly few people had an issue with that. I also had a bit of a WTF moment but really... it's the same person who just said raw tomatoes are gross, so it's kinda logical, yeah?

[@chavem]

@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 THIS. I don't know anyone who ACTUALLY enjoys cauliflower except when it's coming out of the steamer with absolutely no taste left or heavily covered with cheese. Broccoli on the other hand is perfect on its own, end of the discussion.

[@stevoplex]

Excellent video! 😃 I was also wondering about olives, horse radish (I'm Slovak) , mustard, cucumbers, pumpkins, seaweed (I love sushi) , bamboo sprouts,

[@SashedPotato]

Yesssss, I was waiting for this

[@KevAlberta]

“Tomatoes taste gross” wait what??? I never understood this until I traveled to the US. their tomatoes suck!! I live in Alberta Canada and every tomato I’ve eaten is tasty as hell

[@Stettafire]

UK supermarket tomatoes are equally terrible I assure you. We have better chocolate then in the US though :P It's a give and take.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Tbh american version of tomato is meant to be cook to to eat it raw

[@denisl2760]

US has a wide variety of tomatoes, some taste better than others. Supermarket tomatoes are usually pretty terrible, no taste. Go to a farmers market.

[@felicepompa1702]

@@Stettafire american chocolate is somewhat sour to me as an european that has eaten kinder from when i was 2

[@WizardTrixx]

I’m from Alberta, and I think our tomatoes are nasty

[@DAndyLord]

It strains my imagination to think of Italian food without eggplant and tomato, or Indian food without peppers. Humans are neat. :)

[@GeckoHiker]

Italian foods and Indian foods were completely different before the Columbian exchange. Nary a tomato or a pepper in sight. That may be why these cultures were way ahead of Native Americans in fermentation practices--to add flavor to an otherwise bland diet. Garum and chutney are what first comes to mind.

[@ElRinconJoestar08]

As a mexican, I can't imagine mexican gastronomy without corn and chili.

[@coucoubrandy1079]

Peppers..that's where the confusion comes from. Because the word is 2 different things : I love Italian cuisine, but the peppers used are what are called bell peppers, red, green, yellow, white., and aren't strong, though very tasty . Peppers as in salt and pepper is totally different. Black, green, red and those come from India, where their cuisine is also great. I agree with the fact that a lot of vegetables have made their way across the globe. Especially tomatoes, he didn't mention, but those are from Mexico..and it's true that commercial ones are bland in taste. But if you grow your own, the difference is evident . Raw = delicious ! The confusion stems from how we call them. Different languages, but same thing. Whatever you like, and if you like to cook, you don't need to be a chef, go ahead and enjoy yourself ! Personally I can't stand beetroot !

[@DAndyLord]

@@coucoubrandy1079 Peppers (bell, spicy, sweet), eggplant, and tomatoes are native to the Americas. Pre-exchange the old world did not have potatoes, tomatoes or peppers.

[@coucoubrandy1079]

@DAndyLord for sure, I was saying that it can be confusing since we use the name for 2 different things. In English that is, that's why we say bell peppers, although you do find oblong ones. Avocados and pineapples are also Mexican and of course, cacao and chilli. And other stuff as well. Having a medieval supper is very interesting, I tried it once. Well..can you imagine what cooking would be like if we didn't have those vegetables? Just imagine it. The thing I don't like, is that we're sold uniformised articles, when there's so many varieties of each ! We all complain about bland tomatoes, but it's difficult to get others. That's why I suggested we try to find out more about what's what and , if lucky, try to taste it.

[@moenchii]

The best wild cabbage cultivation is the Kohlrabi. It's very popular here in Germany. With this plant the focus of the cultivation was set on the root. It basically looks like a big, slightly flatter turnip, with a light green or violet skin. You can also see that it wasn't originally a root vegetable. For turnips, carrots, etc almost all leaves come out the top of the root. The Kohlrabi has a lot of leaves that grow from the sides straight up as well as leaves on the top.

[@natdugdale3625]

Actually beets/kohl rabi/turnips/radishes aren't tap roots! The vegetable part sits on top of the soil and is actually a swollen stem rather than a root

[@RodeyMcG]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the hilarious stock footage at 15:12 ? That's some serious food science going on there

[@frigginjerk]

Indeed it is. She blinded me with (food) science.

[@MichaelSHartman]

😄 A late bloomer.

[@paulvontarsus729]

She's admiring the girth.

[@LargeSlime]

I didn’t think they were big enough to have a specific geography

[@meneither3834]

They aren't.

[@justinblin]

How many times has someone thought: “I bet I could eat that”

[@zinedinezethro9157]

Every single time

[@doomsday3130]

Atleast once

[@xgamerx360x]

Every time a human being looked at something!

[@Showmeromi]

there's a huge diversity of root vegeatbles that I wsh were talked about. since they make up most of our world calories after grains. cassava, taro, yautia, etc. at least sweet potato was mentioned, plantain, too!

[@relatablestranger4675]

Actually okra is a popular vegetable in the southern US and it can be found in most stores here seasonally. It’s used in a lot of foods but it’s typically fried or added to soups

[@carbonium1264]

Please make make geography of diseases (where/when humans got first infected,from what animal they originate (many deseases come from domesticated animals like cow in witch originated measles, tuberculosis and smallpox))

[@frenchbreadstupidity7054]

He's done that. He's explained why most diseases come from Europe, Asia and Africa, and he shows where.

[@maxmuster7003]

Do you believe that infections, the transmission of a disease with a bacteria or virus really exist? How you can proof it on a living body with a lot of oxygene inside the body? How we can proof that not the vaccines of the pharma industry (controlled by the most rich people) that killed million of people of all the pandemics?

[@loganbagley7822]

"Where it comes from is not as important as what you do with it." That's deep man.....

[@tankinator451]

Growing up my whole family would just eat tomatoes like apples so I thought that was just something everyone did. I only realized that most people associated tomatoes with vegetables until when I was a freshman in high school and offered my friend a tomato at my house and he was absolutely shocked when I just bit into one.

[@geoffh4861]

It's a shame that the history of peppers wasn't covered at all. It was first discovered in South America and became a staple in East Asian cuisines!

[@ciripa]

Peppers and cucumbers, definetly the biggest absentees in the video

[@wildele9699]

He covered that in another video. I think geography of spices? Or fruit?

[@adavidavis2762]

They became staples in all cuisines let's be honest.

[@ryanap8396]

Peppers come from South America by the way, PBS Eons made a whole video about this

[@pedrothurlerdequeirozalfen5741]

As a brazilian I must say: In part 2 talk about aipim/mandioca/macaxeira

[@METALMONKEYcarlo]

Geography of fabrics like cotton, linen, and silk if its enough to make a video.

[@benjaminmeyers5385]

I'd love to see The Geography of Fungi

[@eamonxl8183]

"Tomatoes are vegetables" -Atlas Pro My mind was blown in a few seconds.

[@Username-ct9fe]

"wow" -this guy, 2021

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

But they have seeds

[@Faustobellissimo]

A raw tomato is "pretty gross"? Dude... you definitely have never tried heirloom tomatoes...

[@danielm5535]

Heirloom/homegrown are the worst for me- raw tomatoes smell/taste of bitter metal (it’s a receptor thing) Makes me reflexively gag. Must be cooked 1+ hours before I can eat them. If you google it, there are plenty others like me.

[@lara_xy]

this is so amazing to learn!

[@Un_Fulano_]

"Something as American as corn ends up being from Mexico" 🤣🤣

[@cloudy9593]

Atlas Pro is the reason I’m alive.

[@richardrhodes9664]

Yea bro same. Dead for days without this boy. He actually made me want to eat my vegetables.

[@augustsiverskog2458]

Wait what? People cook tomatoes more than eating them raw?! Everyone that I know eats tomatoes raw AND cooked in foods of course.

[@hugomorenorock]

You mentioned several vegetables and it’s varieties, except from the corn, I believe it deserves more detailed attention, given the fact that most of the people only know the yellow one, missing the others. And I definitely love raw tomatoes, green tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, heart tomatoes and others.

[@TheARN44]

You should do a video on the geography of mushrooms. I feel like they get overlooked.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

15:11 Identifying Corn "Yep, it's corn."

[@vagnarao5019]

So what italians are suppose to eating when they consume "caprese"? There are simply for us italians different types of tomatoes: one could be eaten is salads as well as be gross cooked. But, there is a but, the tomatoes in origin were yellow and there weren't meat to be eaten raw. So this plan evolved the characteristic of a fruit over time.

[@sohopedeco]

Don't most American fastfood chains (McDonald's, BK, Subway) use raw tomatoes in their sandwiches? Raw tomato is really super common.

[@vagnarao5019]

@@juanmam.2113 ive not said that

[@vagnarao5019]

But the color of this fruit wasn't red at all it was yellow in fact in Italian the tomato is called pommidoro which means gold fruit

[@vagnarao5019]

@@juanmam.2113 no it was yellow well before it was imported to europe

[@vagnarao5019]

@@juanmam.2113 no you refuse to accept it, don't you?

[@coucoubrandy1079]

I learned a lot there. Thank you 😊 ! Next step should be herbs. And spices. But I'm sure that it will come

[@legateotteriusozer8477]

history of food is probably most underlooked. fuck it i found a new subject to indulge myself in. Thank Atlas!

[@ethmanolboy6816]

"Raw tomatoes are gross" n-no... you're gross...

[@BlackIndigenousPosse]

Cauliflower? Better tasting than Broccoli? I was willing to let all opinions slide, but this is just straight-up misinformation. Class action lawsuit, anyone?

[@BlackIndigenousPosse]

@@hanzchristiancastillo8887 It's not that they're bad... They're just kind of nothing. It's the vegetable version of drinking a lukewarm glass of tap water.

[@crazycatswell4684]

@@BlackIndigenousPosse yeah they are like the lukewarm glass of water of the vegetable world. But since I don’t like the taste of broccoli, cauliflower tastes better for me since it tastes like nothing while broccoli tastes bad

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@hanzchristiancastillo8887 Cauliflower is actually super interesting from a flavour perspective. Unlike brocclii and many other foods that have maybe 2 different flavor spectrum depending on how you cook them cauliflower has several. I don't think any of them are better than roasted broccoli but look up some of the cooking videos about them kinda interesting.

[@joshuapateldeleon]

Plants: **exist** People in ancient times: "Is this an aphrodisiac?"

[@lidia2253]

The three sisters are three sisters because you are supposed to plant them beside one another,so they help eachother thrive. The corn supports the bean to climb up on,the bean fixes nitrogen in the soil and the squash shades out the weeds that would arise inbetween the plants.