Time to get your thinking caps on, chaps. I took some shots of the fields surrounding The Village in Bavaria where I grew up. Do you recognise the crop plants?
They are very common – each and every one of you will have consumed them in one way or another, and you’ll be eating foods that contain some of these on a daily basis.
No. 1
No. 2:
No. 3:
3a
3b
(3a and 3b are the same type of crop, ditto 4a and 4b)
No. 4:
4a
4b
No. 5
This last one is no less common, but maybe a bit tricky to identify at this pre-harvest stage. Here’s a hint for you: had I taken this picture in spring time during the flowering period, you’d probably have recognised it instantly.
BTW, you can just about make out the silhouette of the Alps in the background.
So, what are the five crops? Who’s going to get all of them right first?!
Lady Of The Cakes 
Not me! I can barely name food products when they’re right in front of me at the supermarket. 😉 Is one of them wheat?
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It might be… 😉
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1-corn; 2-wheat; 3-barley; 4-oats; 5-rapeseed.
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Thanks very much for your entry 🙂 I’ll reveal the winner (if there is one) first thing tomorrow morning.
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What’s the potential prize? Just so you know, the Bavarian Viking you sent me 2 weeks ago never arrived…
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I had considerable trouble flat-packing him, so I opted for container shipping. He’s currently Ecuador. Patience, girl…
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“I had considerable trouble flat-packing him” – I will take that as a good sign 😉
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Deflating a Bavarian beer belly is a formidable challenge…! I failed.
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LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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So, seems like you’re the only one who got it right 🙂
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Blimey : ( What Anna said!
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That Anna… always quick off the mark 😉
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Jesus, this is your quiz?! I’m out!
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Thought so.
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How about a German beer quiz instead? 🙂
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I know precious little about alcoholic drinks in general… it’s my weak point 😉
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Pretty easy for anyone who spent every summer at a dacha 😉
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I don’t hold any hope for Brits, Iris and US people… they are total rubbish at this sort of thing 😉 Unless they are actually farmers.
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Oh wait, maybe I should do my superhero cry – LATVIANS ASSEMBLE!!!! I’m sure they’d know!
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They would.
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I guess one of them has to be wheat… 😉
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You can’t even tell which one, can you?? lol.
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I just sort of scrolled through a blur of nature 😉 Um, the second one???
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Possibly….
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If you’re trying to create some intrigue for me, you’re fighting a losing battle! 😉 I’ve far more important things on my mind – like a shopping trip to Birmingham! Yay! Real shops that aren’t charity shops!
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You’re getting excited about Birmingham… this is much more serious than I thought!!!
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I’ve never been there before – and it has to be slightly more exciting than Drugby? Right? Right?!?
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Urgh. It’s the ugliest thing. Uglier than even Corby 😦
But, I must confess, I’m so desperate for a Boots and a supermarket that doesn’t smell bad and has decent packaged off, I’d jump at the chance of being teleported to B’ham!
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I do love Boots! At this stage I’m excited about spending a few hours in Stansted Airport – just as long as it isn’t here!!
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Without Gimpy 😦
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If I never see that girl again… she finished yesterday so I thought I’d have a couple of days of peace. No, she’s decided to stay on for 2 extra nights as it’s free room and board. Never mind that she hasn’t slept in the same bed as her hubby for 5 weeks now – it’s free here, that’s the important thing!
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I suspect hubby needed a break and he’s convinced her of that 😉
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Weirdly, he adores her. He’s always touching her and trying to hold her hand etc. She just ignores him and keeps on talking… 😉
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…and she’d rather be in the shower with you… what does THAT tell you…???
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Hmmm. I’d rather not think about that!!! PS you were right about Birmingham. What a shithole. I couldn’t wait to get back to Drugby. 😉
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Did you find the stuff you needed?
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Meh, post to follow on this! Didn’t really need anything – just fancied a treat, you know how it is!
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I sure do!
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@EE –
How about some German beer, period? Way to kick off a Monday!
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I still haven’t written up that beer post! How’s yours coming along?
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I have the same 3 sentences I had a week ago! Spent the weekend getting an epic sunburn and perfecting my canter instead.
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I’ve perfected my cantankerousness
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Highly unlikely, esp in the balmy Spanish weather!
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Oh dear…the corn I recognize at once…then I see wheat, what looks like barley…the rest I wouldn’t know unless I cheated and googled 😉 would there be hops there maybe?
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LOL – hops is not a grain, but an enormous climbing plant that looks more like ivy than anything else 😉 They grow it on enormous scaffolding frames – it’s a very distinctive sight indeed.
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As you see…this city girl has never seen the stuff…good thing I don’t have to make beer 😉
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Beer’s for drinking, not making 🙂
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Amen! 😀
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All things to do with beer. Expect the corn–that’s for popcorn whilst drinking beer.
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You can’t make beer from the last one 😉
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As someone who grew up in southern farm country (USA), the only things I know are corn, wheat, and (the not pictured) soy. Glad I didn’t decide to get into farming!
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Oh dear, oh dear…!!!
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Hmm, ich denke Mais, Weizen, Gerste, Hafer und…. keine Ahnung Roggen vielleicht?
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Oh yeah Raps! (Totally stolen from Anna above) 😉
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Yup, Raps 🙂
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The five crops are: 1. Maize (corn), 2. Wheat 3. Barley 4.Oats 5. Rapeseed. Anna wins 🙂
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MUAHAHAHAHAHA! VICTORY IS MINE! yup, ever so gracious…
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Maybe I should do something easier next week… like a horse, a cow, a chicken… to give the Brits & Yanks a chance 😉
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Wow, ouch! Nah, you should do one on different types of farming equipment, the combines and the tractors and such. Says the girl who spent half her life in Moscow and half in DC/NYC…
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Hmmm…. maybe a cake quiz would go down better 😉
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I would say number one for corn, 2-wheat, 3-barley, 4-oat, 5-rapeseed…
I should also say, Anna is the best, Anna for president…
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You’re one of the few to get it right! Well done 🙂 And yes, Anna was the fastest.
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OMG. I just look so stupid… I was searching internet for the last picture ( I had no clue…), and when I finally get it, you have just posted the answer… Next time, pigs, please… Much easier for me….
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I didnt recognize it on sight but the hint, about this crop in bloom, was my Eureka moment. Those trademark yellow fields of middle Europe….
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Doesn’t matter – you did it!!!
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And I should say, Raquel, that flattery will get you everywhere and that my Vice-Supreme-Ruler of the Universe spot just opened up…
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I agree with everyone, and aren’t they pretty! Not exactly too good to eat though. 🙂
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…and totally inevitable 🙂
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