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Old 12-08-2006, 11:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 12/8/06 17:05, in article , "K"
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Sacha writes
On 12/8/06 11:44, in article , "Bob Hobden"
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Paul wrote
Got the taste for this vegetable lately, but is the name Broccoli just
a cockney word for cabbage?

Cabbage you eat the leaves, broccoli you eat the flower buds.

Sounds more Italian to me.

As in Cubby? ;-) The green stuff is calabrese in Italian, the purple
stuff is broccoli.

So is it italian for 'purple sprouting'? ;-)

Of course. Unless you prefer viola spuntare! ;-))
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