Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 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-square18fedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128message-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 · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 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-up3·2 months agoCollards are a specific variety of brassicacea like cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Not a generic term.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI never said it was a generic term. Cabbage for coleslaw, kohlrabi etc are all brassicas.
minus-squaretheRealBassist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI gotcha, I just misunderstood the intention of your comment! My bad lol
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoCollard greens are in the brassica family, and the coll / caul / cole syllable is often used for those (cauliflower, cole slaw).
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).