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the leafy green that bullied its way from cattle feed to brunch royalty
means A hardy leafy green cabbage relative with tough, curly or flat dark leaves, eaten cooked or raw and beloved by the health-conscious.
from From the Old English 'cawel' or 'cal,' itself borrowed from Latin 'caulis' meaning 'stem' or 'cabbage stalk' — the same root that gives us 'cauliflower' and 'coleslaw' (literally 'cabbage salad'). The form 'kale' is particularly Scots and northern English, where it long meant cabbage of any kind; in Scotland 'kail' could even stand in for dinner itself, since a pot of it was so often what was on the table.
- livestock past
- Once grown mainly to feed farm animals
- frost trick
- Cold weather makes it sweeter, not bitter
- roman snack
- Ancient Romans ate it for hangovers
- pr campaign
- A hired publicist sparked its 2010s fame
- oxygen lover
- Can survive temperatures down to negative ten Celsius
lacinato kale — italian heirloom variety with dark crinkled leaves, popular in tuscan cuisine since the 16th century
curly kale — most common supermarket variety in north america and europe, with frilly green leaves
dinosaur kale — bumpy textured variety resembling dinosaur skin, increasingly cultivated in california farms