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Because kale can grow well into winter, one variety of rape kale is called "hungry gap" after the period in winter in traditional agriculture when little else could be harvested. An extra-tall variety is known as Jersey kale or cow cabbage. [11] Kai-lan or Chinese kale is a cultivar often used in Chinese cuisine. In Portugal, the bumpy-leaved ...
Lacinato kale, [a] also known as Tuscan kale, Italian kale, dinosaur kale, kale, flat back kale, palm tree kale, black Tuscan palm, [3] [4] or, in Italian and often in English, cavolo nero, [b] is a variety of kale from the Acephala group of cultivars Brassica oleracea grown for its edible leaves.
Brassica oleracea is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form. The species evidently originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was most likely first cultivated.
Bâtons d'chour - walking sticks made from the long stalk of Jersey cabbage. Jersey kale, as illustrated in The Farmer's Magazine, 1836.. The Jersey cabbage (Brassica oleracea longata) is a variety of cabbage native to the Channel Islands that grows to a great height and was formerly commonly used there as livestock fodder and for making walking sticks.
Kale (Ancient Greek: Καλη, or Cale, 'Beauty') or Kalleis (Greek: Καλλεις, or Calleis [1]), in ancient Greek religion, was one of the Charites (Graces), daughters of Zeus . Cale is the spouse of Hephaestus according to some authors (although most have Aphrodite play that role).
Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.
Kale (moon), a moon of Jupiter; Kale (Dragon Ball), a character from the Dragon Ball multimedia franchise; Inspector Kale, a fictional police officer in the 1998 Indian film Gunda; Kale, a local name for West African pepper; HMS Kale, ships of Britain's navy; Kale (mythology), one of the Charites (Graces), daughters of Zeus (Jupiter)
Gai lan, kai-lan, Chinese broccoli, [1] or Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) [2] is a leafy vegetable with thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems, and florets similar to (but much smaller than) broccoli. A Brassica oleracea cultivar, gai lan is in the group alboglabra (from Latin albus "white" and glabrus "hairless").