• @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        29•2 months ago

        How? Like… literally how?

        I grow kale and it looks nothing like the plant in the OP. It looks like a regular bunch of kale.

        Or is this like “all 6 vegetables come from one main vegetable”, kind of like how all citrus fruits comes from citron.

        • @andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15•2 months ago

          Artificial selection!

          If you think that’s amazing - look up what bananas looked like before human cultivation. Basically any fruit or vegetable you eat is the product of centuries of humans carefully selecting what seeds to save and plant.

          • Lka1988English
            2•2 months ago

            My wife and I had fried plantains at a Venezuelan restaurant a couple weeks ago. That shit was absolutely divine with beans, rice, meat, and a fried egg on top.

        • @jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          10•2 months ago

          Just like dog breeds look very distinct, but cranked up to eleven with horrible deformities. Imagine if we continued to breed chihuahuas to have bigger heads and smaller bodies until they are 90% head. Or breed a breed of hound to be smaller with increasingly bigger ears until it’s 90% ears. They would still be dogs of the same species because they can procreate together.

  • donEnglish
    46•2 months ago

    And every one fucking delicious

  • Arthur BesseEnglish
    31•2 months ago

    this meme has some truth in it, in that these six vegetables are all brassica oleracea. but, the factoid in the center of the meme is misleading: brassica oleracea can be many things but (despite brassicaceae being “the mustard and cabbage family”) brassica oleracea is not typically called “wild mustard plant”.

    edit: toned down my refutation; i guess maybe it is sometimes 👀 but i think not really

  • @rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
    14•2 months ago

    Weird how mustard (the condiment) tastes so good yet the cultivars of this particular species all taste horrible to me.

  • @anton@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11•2 months ago

    To all the veggie haters:

    Broccoli recipe:

    1. Fry broccoli with paprika and small pieces of meat or tofu in a pan until brown.
    2. Add water and seasonings.
    3. Steam to desired hardness.
    4. Serve with rice or couscous.

    Cauliflower recipe:

    1. Make brown butter by heating up butter and adding breadcrumbs to soak it up.
    2. Serve it on enough steamed cauliflower to justify the amount of brown butter you are about to eat.
    • @morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      Sprouts do well with Braising, this is roughly how I do them, based on a whim that turned out fantastic.

      1. Halve and clean your sprouts, salt and pepper them
      2. Sear cut side down in oil of your choice. Bacon is the classic but absolutely not required if you want to do it vegan, maybe use some smoked paprika to get the smokey flavour, add aromatics like garlic near the end, it burns easy.
      3. Deglaze with balsamic vinegar, add enough liquid to just barely cover the bottom of the pan, cover and simmer until happy.

      I know sprouts are far less bitter than they were when I was a kid, but I legit thought I disliked them. Borrowed a lot from braised cabbage recipes, just with a bit more aggressive browning. The sprouts hold up really well to longer cooking IMO (can’t say the same to leeks, braised leeks are great, but not how I did them, turned into a textural nightmare), they’re amazing hot or cold.

    • @kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      Here is a good one, Mashed cauliflower:

      1. Boil cauliflower
      2. submerge mixer with some milk
      3. enjoy the smoothest mash you have ever tried that comes out to like 40 calories per 100g

      Roasted anything (brussel spouts, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, asparagus)

      1. Coat in olive oil, salt, garlic powder
      2. air fry or roast

      Enjoy awesome tasting veggies.

      Veggie rice(white rice is for sushi goddamnit)

      1. Satuee some onions, garlic
      2. add some cut up bell peppers, tomatoes
      3. cook for a while
      4. add frozen peas and carrots and a choice of frozen vegetables (broccoli or green beans)
      5. add water and bring to a boil
      6. add the rice and simmer it for the prescribed time +1-2 minutes
      7. let it sit for 10 minutes

      Enjoy a rice full of veggies and color ( I also use a “curry” mix that’s turmeric, koriander and a bunch of other stuff that gives it a nice yellow color, and this way you have your rice and veggies in one and they enhance each other’s flavor.

    • @AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      Or, the Italian way: simmer garlic in a pan with olive oil, throw in the vegetables and a bit of water, throw in some salt, cover, cook until soft, check occasionally that it isn’t burning

    • @LSNLDN@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      My recent favourite is broccoli roasted until crispy, so good. Before then it was crispy kale but as we all know it’s basically the same plant

  • Match!!English
    10•2 months ago

    ancient and medieval europeans went through some shit

  • F5XSEnglish
    7•2 months ago

    scientific name

    uppercase species

    not even underlined or italicized