What are the common Israeli fruits and vegetables?

Answer by  jamminjan0208 (102)

Cucumbers, tomatoes, hummus, tahini (ground sesame seeds), maybe some deep fried chick pea balls, or some deep fried eggplant. There are many varieties of dates, strawberries, and melons are common in Israel.

Answer by  Che (425)

Some of the most common fruits found in Israel are dates which grow on palm trees, figs, grapes and pomegranates. Olives are also found abundantly and are considered a fruit. These five fruits are often said to characterize the land of Israel. Papaya, loquat, and the prickly pear can also be grown there.

Answer by  chrisjensd (703)

Popular fruits are grapes, oranges, pineapple,pears, melons, pomegranates peaches and nectarines. Vegetables commonly eaten are pickled vegetables (like carrots and cauliflower & eggplant), tomatoes, cucumbers and olives.

Answer by  CookieB (56)

Common Israeli vegetables include cucumber, tomato, onion, cabbage, peas and lots of beans. They especially use a lot of chick peas. Since the climate in Israel is mild like California and Florida they have a lot of citrus fruit. Oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit are the the plentiful crops. They also grow a lot of nuts like almonds.

Answer by  Doughboy2009 (17)

Some of the common fruits are figs, pomegranates and grapes. There is also the whole variety of citrus available. For vegetables they have potatoes.