https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/d3b00910-6433-4424-b296-16986a717cee Are you adventurous when it comes to food, or do you stick to pizza or ordinary types of salad such as tomatoes, lettuce and onion? Neil and Sam shake up the menu and talk about new vegetables created by farmers in the UK, and teach you new vocabulary along the way. ❓❓❓ This week's question: One of the first hybrids on sale in the UK was named, Cotton Candy, because of its sweet, caramel flavour. But what is Cotton Candy? a) a cherry b) a strawberry c) a grape Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary ✔️hybrid plant (or animal) which has been bred by mixing two different parent plants (or animals) ✔️blue-sky thinking using your imagination to try and think up completely new and original ideas ✔️wacky unusual in a funny or surprising way ✔️the mixing pot place where different ideas or ingredients are mixed to create something new ✔️texture the way something feels when you touch it ✔️novelty the quality of being new or unusual [Cover: Getty Images] You can download the transcript and audio for this programme here: 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2023 More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐ The health benefits of apples: https://youtu.be/_5siHrpPnmw ⭐ Why do we procrastinate? https://youtu.be/vP3VOKBcloo ⭐ Doomscrolling: Why do we do it? https://youtu.be/WsKg6HsoDaw ⭐ Exercise for The Lazy: https://youtu.be/vq2x7k_nofw ⭐ Can AI have a mind of its own? https://youtu.be/tHZRXN_pVi8 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos to help you improve your English: https://www.youtube.com/bbclearningen... Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbclearningenglish.com Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearning... Follow us on Twitter 👉 https://www.twitter.com/bbcle Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearninge... Get our app: Android 👉 bit.ly/2PeLcf6 iPhone 👉 apple.co/2wmG2GU We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #vegetables #6minuteenglish Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:59:47 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/d3b00910-6433-4424-b296-16986a717cee All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.