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the onion that wears green, refuses to cry, and conquered a nation's flag
means A vegetable in the onion family with a long white stalk and broad green leaves, milder and sweeter than its bulbous cousins, eaten cooked in soups and stews.
from From Old English 'lēac,' the general word for any plant of the onion kind — which is why garlic is literally 'gār-lēac,' the 'spear-leek,' named for its pointed cloves. It has cousins across the Germanic languages (Dutch 'look,' German 'Lauch'). The vegetable became the emblem of Wales, and the popular tale credits Saint David with telling Welsh soldiers to wear leeks in their caps to tell friend from foe in battle — a charming story, though the leek's national fame is older and harder to pin to a single legend.
- welsh symbol
- National emblem of Wales, worn on St David's Day
- ancient gym fuel
- Roman gladiators ate them for strength
- no tears
- Milder than onions, far gentler on eyes
- buried sweetness
- Soil mounded over stems whitens and sweetens them
- pharaoh food
- Eaten in Egypt over four thousand years ago
welsh flag leek — national emblem of wales, worn on st. david's day (march 1st) for over 1,500 years
poireaux de bagnols — protected geographical indication leek from bagnols-sur-cèze, france, prized for cooking
varna leek — bulgarian heirloom variety, giant sweet leek cultivated since 19th century in varna region