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- The "cabbage family": types and varieties - tasty and healthy
- A little cabbage history
- Different types of cabbages and varieties - an overview
- Cabbage leaves
- Leaves and thickened shoot axis
- Head cabbage
- inflorescences
The "cabbage family": types and varieties - tasty and healthy
Introductory round for cabbage types and varieties: Rich in vitamins and fiber, the various cabbage vegetables recommend for cultivation in their own garden. Delicious flavors, rediscovered for the fine cuisine. Cabbage is more than stew.
A little cabbage history
Already in the beginnings of human history were wild forms of the cabbage family on the human diet. The grandfather of cabbage - cliff cabbage - can only be found in Germany on Heligoland.
The slightly frizzy, green leaves of this wild cabbage are similar to the foliage of kohlrabi. With its filigree yellow flowers, cliff cabbage is barely identifiable as cabbage at first sight.
Cliff cabbage, like all other types of cabbage, belongs to the family of the cruciferae. This original form of cabbage can still be found today in Mediterranean countries and on the European Atlantic coast.
Different types of cabbages and varieties - an overview
Depending on the type of cabbage, different parts of the plant are used in the kitchen:
Cabbage leaves
Leaves and thickened shoot axis
The kohlrabi is also a type of cabbage. Both Kohlrabi leaves, as well as the thickened shoot axis find in the kitchen use.
Both white (eg "Kossack" and "Lanro") as well as blue-colored Kohlrabi varieties ("Azur Star", "Superschmelz" or "Blaro") bring in the garden rich harvest. Kohlrabi needs little time from planting to harvest.