Are kale and cabbage the same?

Many vegetables in our daily life are very nutritious! Moreover, each of us should eat a variety of vegetables! Because different vegetables contain different vitamins and nutrients, so don't be picky about food! Of course, in our lives you will find that many vegetables look similar, but the prices vary greatly! For example, wheat and lettuce, round white radish and long white radish, etc.! Among them, purple cabbage and white cabbage are very troublesome! Are they the same? Or what’s the difference if they are different?

It’s the same crop, just called differently due to the growing period! The one without a head is called cabbage, and the one with a head is called cabbage or cabbage! Cabbage [wild cabbage], a herb with spiral basal leaves, bisexual flowers, sweet, mild, non-toxic, belongs to the Cruciferae family. Any of a variety of vegetable and forage plants believed to be domesticated strains of cabbage (Brassica oleracea) found wild along the coasts of Britain and continental Europe. Common horticultural types of cabbage are mainly divided according to the edible parts: 1. Leaf type, with loose and spreading leaves (such as kale and broad-leaved kale) or tightly packed in a head shape (such as common cabbage and Savoy cabbage); 2. Flower and thick scape type, with slightly distorted or no distortion of the flower (Brussels sprouts) and thick and distorted flowers (such as cauliflower and large-headed broccoli); 3. Stem type, with the stem obviously expanded into a bulb shape (such as kohlrabi). All of these types have glabrous, fleshy leaves covered with a waxy coating that often gives the leaf surface a grey-green or bluish-green color. Cabbage grows best in mild to cool climates, is frost tolerant, and some can tolerate severe freezes during a certain growing period. Hot weather inhibits all types of growth and reduces their quality. Cabbage is low in calories but rich in vitamin C and minerals, providing essential nutrients. Cabbage Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.var.capitata L.) Cruciferae, Brassica genus. It is a variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.). Also known as cabbage, cabbage (in the north), cabbage (in the south), round cabbage, cabbage, lotus white (in Shanxi and Shaanxi), flower white, fennel white, etc. It originated on the Mediterranean coast and was introduced to China in the 16th century. Cabbage is cold-resistant, disease-resistant, strongly adaptable, easy to store and transport, has high yield and good quality. It is now widely cultivated throughout my country and is one of the main vegetables in spring, summer and autumn in Northeast, Northwest, North China and other regions.

How about it? Do you now have a better understanding of the similarities and differences between purple cabbage and cabbage? I believe you have understood it now! So, will you only buy purple cabbage in the future? But the cabbage has a very good value for money!