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a cabbage that decided to become an alien spaceship and somehow tastes like victory
means A pale-green or purple bulb-shaped vegetable, a cultivar of cabbage, with a swollen edible stem that tastes mild, crisp, and sweet like a cross between turnip and broccoli stalk.
from Straight from German: Kohl ('cabbage') plus Rabi ('turnip'), itself borrowed from Italian rapa, 'turnip' — which traces back to Latin rapum. So the name is a perfect little portrait: it literally calls this thing a 'cabbage-turnip,' which is exactly what the early growers thought it looked and tasted like.
- name origin
- German for cabbage-turnip, though it's neither
- not a root
- the bulb is a swollen stem, not underground
- raw star
- crunchier and sweeter than apples when peeled
- same species
- a cousin of broccoli, kale, and cabbage
- space looks
- its sci-fi antennae are edible leaves
kohlrabi in german cuisine — traditional vegetable in bavaria and rhineland regions, served with cream sauce since 18th century
kohlrabi in indian markets — knol khol widely grown and sold in delhi, mumbai, and northern india vegetable stands
kohlrabi production in china — shandong province grows over 500,000 tons annually, largest global producer