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Re: Taccarum tubers!!
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From: StroWi at t-online.de (StroWi) on 2001.09.19 at 20:22:02(7522)
Julius Boos schrieb:
> Hi Friends,
>
> Just a short note on one of the aroid-related 'items' that never ceases to
> enthuse me and lift my presently very sagging and sad spirits at this time
> of the year---- it is when my good friend Bobby who lives close by digs up
> the tubers of his BIG Taccarum weddellianum
> (They remind me of a big, flat 'kholrabi' ( ? spelling)
Julius,
you nearly made it ;)
It should be "Kohlrabi"
And it has nothing to do with our former chancellor Kohl...
Kohl is a general name for edible Brassicas like cabbage and relatives here in
Germany.
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Cheers,
Bernhard.
Dollbergen, Germany
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