“I lament the loss of the kale-yard.”
Neil Patterson
Well kale hearty fellow! Once the most popular of cabbages, kale has often been relegated to being just a pretty face, but it really is a wonderful curly, flat, spear-shaped, black, green, red, white, brown, purple, variegated, leafy vegetable. It was adored in ancient Rome as well as China, where kai-lin, also known as gai-lon, is the origin of our familiar word, which has also morphed into cole. Kale is a natural evolution of the mustard plant, possessing larger leaves; it is also resistant to many diseases that affect other cabbages. It is an extremely hardy green and rather enjoys harsh climates: like many cabbages, it becomes sweeter when subjected to winter freezes during its dormant period. It has also been a muse for some of English literatures great writers: J.M. Barrie and others of the Kailyard (kale-yard) school of writers from the Scottish lowlands, as well as Robert Louis Stevenson in Kidnapped.
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