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There are actually a lot of less commonly known greens that are in exotic taxa with few or no other eaten relatives. Strawberry spinach, for example
by throwawaygal7 6y ago
There are actually a lot of less commonly known greens that are in exotic taxa with few or no other eaten relatives. Strawberry spinach, for example
- Clewza313 6y agoI'm sure there are exceptions, but I'm talking about most. If there's a country/region with commonly eaten vegetables/greens that fall outside the article's listings, I'd be keen to hear about it.
- throwawaygal7 6y agoI think this has more to do with modernity and monoculture than it does with the types of greens a culture originally ate; usually the left behind greens are less tasty, more ... strongly flavoured, and harder to grow. IIRC small areas of japan have odd greens eaten as a customary thing, whether they make up a majority of foodstuffs i cant say. I believe greens were usually eaten only sparingly historically rather than the salad heavy diets pursued today. (lots of scary stuff on unwashed, uncooked greens)
- not2b 6y agoThe author mentions this, and expresses curiosity about what greens are eaten by peoples who had little to no contact with people from Eurasia (these may well be very different).
- throwawaygal7 6y agoTrue, also in the comment someone introduces some ... more novel varieties of greens and the author talks about how many are outside of her tree.
- zdragnar 6y agoFern fronds and young stinging nettle come to mind in some local places that serve local seasonal foods. They aren't bad, per se, but have a very short season and are really more of a "winter stores have run low and too early to harvest anything, but I am really hungry..." situation.
- danaliv 6y agoWhere does seaweed fit in here?