Comment on Why are collard greens called greens is it the color? And if so how come there is not a rainbow of different colored collards?

deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• theRealBassist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Collards are a specific variety of brassicacea like cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Not a generic term.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I never said it was a generic term. Cabbage for coleslaw, kohlrabi etc are all brassicas.

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    • theRealBassist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I gotcha, I just misunderstood the intention of your comment! My bad lol

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• Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Collard greens are in the brassica family, and the coll / caul / cole syllable is often used for those (cauliflower, cole slaw).

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Kohl does not mean leaf in German.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Then what’s the common part with rotkohl?

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What do you mean by “common part”? Kohl is just cabbage. Rotkohl is red cabbage. Because it’s cabbage that is red.

      Now you’ve made me hungry.

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      • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So the etymology answer is collard greens are cabbage greens because they’re in the same family.

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