Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhy are collard greens called greens is it the color? And if so how come there is not a rainbow of different colored collards?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down14
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhy are collard greens called greens is it the color? And if so how come there is not a rainbow of different colored collards?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoThen what’s the common part with rotkohl?
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoWhat 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.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoSo the etymology answer is collard greens are cabbage greens because they’re in the same family.
Then what’s the common part with rotkohl?
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.
So the etymology answer is collard greens are cabbage greens because they’re in the same family.