Discussion
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sebastiennight: I already knew about this phylogenetic tree (although I have always heard the common ancestor be called the "wild mustard", not wild cabbage), but the article was quite interesting.I only wish that as a PSA, they had included the reminder to people over 30 years old who hate Brussels sprouts, that the delicious ones you can eat today are not the ones they hated in their youth, and if you haven't had sprouts in years you might want to give them a second try (salted, oiled and baked, not boiled or steamed of course!)
cpard: I think the sprouts trauma is the result of picking the wrong cooking method.I was so surprised when I tried baked sprouts for the first time (use a really host cast iron skilet for even better results) that I started to believe that every vegetable can be delicious as long as you bake it!
0_____0: The modern cultivars literally taste different, it's not just cooking method. The bitter compounds were identified and bred out.
cpard: How long ago did this happen?
goodmythical: Fun fact, peppers, petunias, datura, and tobacco are all in the same family: Solanaceae.
0_____0: you have done potatoes a profound insult by not including them in this list
Azrael3000: When I read the title, I immediately though, I think this is going to be about Brussel sprouts etc. as I just saw a video [0] that mentions the same lineage. The video is part of the series about the evolution of the flagellum, which is really well made.[0]: https://youtu.be/Frioffo53wo?t=1205
0_____0: 1990s research at Novartis, not sure how quickly the new cultivars were adopted,.maybe someone else can chime in
inkyoto: As well as to eggplant and belladonna.
