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1. Grandma used to prepare my breakfast every morning. She spread a kind of delicious marmalade over slices of bread. Its taste was sour-sweet and it had a beautiful red color. From which one of these fruits that marmalade couldn't have been made?
2. My grandmother knew many secrets. In early spring she thought that we need fresh herbs and vegetables after the winter months. Instead of using old pickled cabbage leaves to make boiled meat rolls, she used some tender and fresh leaves picked from our garden. Which one of these could she make use of?
3. One of my cousins, three years older than me, taught me some secrets about nectar. Nectar is sweet and easy to find if you have a garden with different flowers. The easiest way to taste nectar is to pull out carefully the pistil of this flower, that is very rich in sweet essence. Which one is its name?
4. My great-aunt was always interested in eating raw vegetables in spring. She believed those are good for "refreshing our blood". Because of her, each early spring we harvested from our garden and prepared fresh salad from which kind of leaves?
5. My grandma taught me that these white flowers, apart from being beautiful, are very sweet. No wonder that so many bees hover around them! When I was little I enjoyed the taste of their nectar and some pancakes prepared using these flowers. Which one is the name of these flowers?
6. These flowers grew around my childhood garden. They are beautiful and have pleasant colors. I found out that some of them are edible and a source of sweet fresh nectar pulled out by children. Which ones are the flowers I am thinking of?
7. In early spring one can find many edible and therapeutic weeds. Which was the one that never managed to be my favorite dish, because of its slightly prickling properties, even when it is very tender?
8. How can one forget the first taste of a mild alcoholic beverage made by fermenting these flowers with a proper amount of sugar and yeast? My father used to prepare this fizzy lemonade every spring. And I can still remember the special taste of the tea made using the same flowers. What kind of flowers were those?
9. My uncle spoiled me when I was a child with fresh fruits and vegetables. He taught me that this type of kernels are even better than nuts or almonds, because of their particular good taste and their availability. Which one of the following can be a special treat?
10. My uncle was an expert regarding forest mushrooms, forest fruits or forest edible weeds. He knew which ones are dangerous or when when the good ones should be ripened. In spring we enjoyed together salad and soup made from this plant, picked before flowering. Which one of the following was it?
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