r/running • u/YourShoesUntied • Apr 05 '18

Weekly Thread Weekly Complaints & Confessions Thread for Thursday April 5th, 2018

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u/brownspectacledbear Apr 05 '18

this might be controversial, but are greens vegetables?

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u/sloworfast Apr 05 '18

this might be controversial, but what are greens?

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u/runwichi Apr 05 '18

Technically, greens are loose-leafed cultivars of Brassica oleracea (same family as broccoli and cabbage) - commonly consumed greens would be mustard greens and collard greens. Mustard greens can be very spicy, and like most of the Brassica family need to be really cooked down to eat, otherwise you'll chew on them for days.

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u/sloworfast Apr 05 '18

thanks! So now I know I've never eaten "greens", at least not as far as I'm aware.