Possibly of Asian origin, the swede or turnip of Sweden is a horticultural and forage plant of the cruciferous family. It has the appearance of an outward-leaved turnip, with a round and fleshy bulb, which is the edible part and which has an elongated stem that grows very close to the surface of the soil. The scions also come out of it, which grow around it and give it its strange appearance. Kohlrabi is sometimes wrongly classified as a root. Two basic varieties of this cabbage relative can be found in greengrocers : purple and white kohlrabi.
What is a kohlrabi?
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First direct evidence that babies react to taste and smell in the womb
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The Scots already had cereals with milk in the Neolithic
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They discover why we have cravings for fatty foods
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