Crudites / Crudités

Crudités or Crudites refer to raw vegetables cut into strips, generally served with dip as an appetizer. Crudités is the French for varieties of or assorted crispy vegetables suitable for eating raw (carrots, greens, cucumber, celery, turnips) which are cut into long strips or batons and usually served with a dipping sauce, like mayonnaise, soured cream or other cold sauce (tzasiki) as a hors d’oeuvre or appetizers.