Beautiful post. I used to swim and loved it. As for the

veggies, I recognize only tomatoes, chards, and peppers.

'Green beans' came to mind too, but it might be an umbrella term. 

Besides the dark-colored string beans, there seems also what the Chinese call 油豆角, which I have no idea how to translate into English.

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• 竟然漏了中國的“國菜”: 韭菜。 還有茼蒿 -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 15:47:27

• My bad. Only know when I see them in Ranch99 :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/09/2023 postreply 13:53:22