Vegetable was very dull, typically comprising mainly some staple product made from rice, rye, barley, wheat, millet or maize. The addition of vegetable matter provided some variety to the diet. The staple diet of the Aztecs in Central America was maize and they cultivated tomatoes, avocados, beans, peppers, pumpkins, squashes, peanuts, and amaranth seeds to supplement their tortillas and porridge. In Peru, the Incas subsisted on maize in the lowlands and potatoes at higher altitudes. They also used seeds from quinoa, supplementing their diet with peppers, tomatoes, and avocados. In Ancient China, rice was the staple crop in the south and
Vegetable Soup (TV series) and racial isolation and to reinforce and dramatize the positive, life-enhancing value of human diversity in entertaining and affective presentations that children could understand and relate to. "Vegetable Soup" used an interdisciplinary approach to entertain and educate elementary age children in the value of human diversity. Animated segments on the show were created by Jim Simon's Wantu Studios, the musical opening plus 13 "Woody the Spoon" cooking spots for which Bette Midler did all the voice tracks, and also 48 thirty-second breaks. Vegetable Soup (TV series) Vegetable Soup is an American educational children's television program produced by the New York