Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 19 days 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 · 19 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 days agoKohl does not mean leaf in German.
minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·19 days agoThen what’s the common part with rotkohl?
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 days 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-down1·19 days agoSo the etymology answer is collard greens are cabbage greens because they’re in the same family.
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.