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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
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Broccoli rabe

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00Can you find Latin term for Broccoli rabe, I tried and got Brassica Rapa. Is it correct? 0-
  

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0 Hello Antonia 02br 02br 00It's one kind of vegetable in 01i 00Brassica rapa02i 00 – there are a few others as well. I may as well include them, in case you want them in the future: 02br 02br 001. 01i 00Brassica rapa02i 00 = turnip 02br 02br 002.

— MrPedantic

  • 0 Hello Antonia 02br 02br 00It's one kind of vegetable in 01i 00Brassica rapa02i 00 – there are a few others as well.
  • I may as well include them, in case you want them in the future: 02br 02br 001.
  • 01i 00Brassica rapa02i 00 = turnip 02br 02br 002.
  • 01i 00Brassica rapa02i 00 Ruvo Group = broccoli rabe; rapini; turnip broccoli; Italian broccoli 02br 02br 003.
  • 01i 00Brassica rapa02i 00 Chinensis Group = Chinese cabbage; pak choi 02br 02br 00These may come in useful too: 02br 02br 004.
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0 Hello Antonia 02br
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00It's one kind of vegetable in 01i00Brassica rapa02i00 – there are a few others as well. I may as well include them, in case you want them in the future: 02br
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0 So what is 01i00Brassica campestris02i00, smarty pants??? 050010id1
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0 I knew I should have kept my mouth shut. Vegetables are very much a hot potato on this forum. 02br
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00Well...I would say that = wild turnip, in BrE. 02br
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0 Thank you Mr Pedantic, 02br
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0 I was hesitant to use that American expression with "pants". I know you guys say "trousers"! 02br
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00Anyway, we call it mustard! It's not a vegetable, as I understand it, but a wildflower -- bright yellow, of course. We have acres and acres of it in California. 02br
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0 This is a picture of broccoli rabe. It looks like what BrE call "sprouting brocolli", and which I grow wonderfully! 02br
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00I'm familiar with mustard, which we call rape - picture 02br
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0 Ah yes, we call 'wild turnip' 'field mustard' too – over here, you often find it by streams or rivers, though it turns up in other places as well. Our roadsides are littered with various yellow-flowered mustards. Tricky to tell apart. 02br
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00Have you tried it in a salad, CJ? 02br
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0 Tried it in salad? 02br
00Arghh! That weed? (I've never heard it called wild turnip!) 02br
00No. I'd sooner try horse meat with a side of sauteed rat! 02br
00Well, OK, maybe I wouldn't go that far. 02br
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00Is it really edible or are you putting me on? 02br
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0 I haven't tried it myself, but a friend of mine who's a great eater of wild leaves tells me the young leaves in winter have a 'piquant, cabbagey' flavour. Apparently you can cook it like cabbage, too. 02br
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00He doesn't recommend it for the table, though. 02br
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00It sounds as if it's more common over there than it is here. Quite a lot of it by th
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