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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then what’s the common part with rotkohl?

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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