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Otter@lemmy.ca to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

xkcd: Brassica

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xkcd: Brassica

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Otter@lemmy.ca to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Source: https://xkcd.com/2827/

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    I can only remember 3 at a time of all the variations of that plant, and people are always incredulous when I talk about it.

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      Yeah there are so damn many. Let’s see… broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, uh…

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        You missed kale and brassica canis.

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          Kohlrabi.

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            I thought about it and was like naw can’t possibly be. Too weird. So of course it is lol.

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              It really is a weird vegetable. I think that someone really liked beetroot but only had brassica, so, they forced it to be more like beets.

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        Bok choy, choy sum, Chinese broccoli (gailan), napa cabbage, turnips, tatsoi, mizuna, mustard, komatsuna…

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          Tbf, you’re also looking at other species in the same genus…

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