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[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 136 points 1 day ago (12 children)

I raise you brussels sprouts:

[–] M137@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Peanuts:

Yes, they grow underground like potatoes.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 16 hours ago

Well but they aren't roots, they're from a stem that goes back under.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 87 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'll see your Brussels Sprouts, and raise you Cashews:

Cashew fruit

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Aren't the tops edible too? I wonder how the little shriveled bean thing on the end became internationally popular but the juicy looking fruit on top isn't. Like, every cashew harvested has to have the fruity part too, what do they all get used for?

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Maybe they are not as fit for exporting or selling so the more profitable parts get sent to US instead?

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They’re called cashew apples. You can find them at asian and latin grocery stores sometimes. Never had one, but i hear they are tasty, they’re hard to transport, though, so you have to be in the right areas to find them.

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

Cashew juice is very tasty and it's quite popular here in brazil. It also has medicinal properties for when you have diarrhea.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They're not great. But you can make decent jam from them.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't believe you just spent an hour hotgluing brussel sprouts to a small tree just to trick people on the internet

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I even traveled all the way to brussels to get them just for this prank.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Brussels can only be called brussels if they're from the brussels region of france, otherwise it's just sparkling wine

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 53 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I see your brussels sprouts and raise you pineapples:

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

and they are primitive versions of grasses, POALES.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fuck. Im in a hot area but not zone 10-12 hot.

They may do best there, but I think there is wiggle room, at least for small scale cultivation.

My dad used to grow them in 9a and they grew pretty well. But they need to be covered up or brought in overnight if it's going to get too cold.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe a greenhouse would work?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Uh… you’re welcome?

[–] moitoi@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

And the violet one tastes great:

[–] haerrii@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Wtf no way this is real

EDIT: whoa

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Yea I wasn't sure how I thought they grew, but I never would have guessed that. I saw them at the supermarket on the stem and I was like wtf

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

and these are all related to cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli too, they come from the same species.

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can buy them like that in a grocer though. Shit for fridge space.

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yea I've only seen them once though. Usually they are sold pretrimmed in a bag, in the US at least.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And here I always thought they grew like tiny cabbages

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

they are cultivars of the same species. cabbages, broccili, cauliflowers, brussel sprouts,,,etc. Brassica oleracea, also includes kale and collard greens

bok choi, napa cabbages are from a related species, similar bred.

[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear how closely related they are to cabbages

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Brussels sprouts are unreal

[–] frog@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've seen markets sell brussels sprouts on the stalk but I didn't know it had leaves.

I figured the leaves were the brussels sprouts,

Thanks for the info.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On another branch of that family tree, those leaves are kale.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not even another branch - it's the same exact species, just a different cultivar

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

selected for increased leaf growth over the flowers.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they are buds of the flowering part. we eat the flowering parts mostly, like broccoli, cauliflower.

[–] frog@feddit.uk 1 points 23 hours ago

I should find out how this stuff grows. I have no idea how broccoli and cauliflower grow.

Thanks for the info.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 5 points 1 day ago

First time I saw them I felt like someone was playing a massive prank on me… in a random supermarket, by putting clearly alien veggies in the veggie section

You could have given me a million guesses and I wouldn't have arrived at that!