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-up138arrow-down16
arrow-up132arrow-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-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-24 months agoWithout checking the etymology, I’d guess it comes from German, where ‘kohl’ is a word meaning leaf, as in coleslaw or kohlrabi. So collard greens would just be leafy greens.
minus-squaretheRealBassist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoCollards are a specific variety of brassicacea like cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Not a generic term.
minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI never said it was a generic term. Cabbage for coleslaw, kohlrabi etc are all brassicas.
minus-squaretheRealBassist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI gotcha, I just misunderstood the intention of your comment! My bad lol
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoCollard greens are in the brassica family, and the coll / caul / cole syllable is often used for those (cauliflower, cole slaw).
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoKohl does not mean leaf in German.
minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-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-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoSo the etymology answer is collard greens are cabbage greens because they’re in the same family.
Without checking the etymology, I’d guess it comes from German, where ‘kohl’ is a word meaning leaf, as in coleslaw or kohlrabi.
So collard greens would just be leafy greens.
Collards are a specific variety of brassicacea like cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Not a generic term.
I never said it was a generic term. Cabbage for coleslaw, kohlrabi etc are all brassicas.
I gotcha, I just misunderstood the intention of your comment! My bad lol
Collard greens are in the brassica family, and the coll / caul / cole syllable is often used for those (cauliflower, cole slaw).
Kohl does not mean leaf in German.
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.