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-square21fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down16
arrow-up124arrow-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-square21fedilink
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-219 days 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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 days 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-up2·19 days agoKohl does not mean leaf in German.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoThen what’s the common part with rotkohl?
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 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-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days 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.
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.