Cabbage is a leafy green or purple biennial plant, grown as an annual
vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is closely related to
other cole crops, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts.
Cabbage heads generally range from 1 to 8 pounds (0.5 to 4 kg), and can
be green, purple and white. Smooth-leafed firm-headed green cabbages are
the most common, with smooth-leafed red and crinkle-leafed savoy
cabbages of both colors seen more rarely. Although the exact history of
cabbage is uncertain, it had become a prominent part of European cuisine
by the Middle Ages. Cabbages are prepared in many different ways for
eating. They can be pickled for dishes such as sauerkraut, steamed,
stewed, sautéed, braised, or eaten raw. Cabbage is a good source of
beta-carotene, vitamin C and fiber. Cabbage is prone to several nutrient
deficiencies, as well as multiple pests, bacteria and fungal diseases.
World production of cabbage and other brassicas for 2011 was almost
69 million metric tons (68 million long tons; 75 million short tons).
Almost half of these crops were grown in China, where Chinese cabbage is
the most popular Brassica vegetable.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1270:
Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania achieved a decisive victory over the Livonian Order on the
frozen surface of the Baltic Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karuse>
1804:
United States Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a raid to
destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in Tripoli, denying her use to the
Barbary States in the First Barbary War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Philadelphia_(1799)>
1943:
Second World War: Norwegian commandos trained by the British
Special Operations Executive destroyed a factory to prevent the German
nuclear energy project from acquiring heavy water.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage>
1977:
Archbishop Janani Luwum of the Church of Uganda, a leading
voice against the regime of Idi Amin, was arrested for treason and
murdered the next day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janani_Luwum>
2005:
The Kyoto Protocol, an amendment to the international treaty on
climate change, entered into force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
treknobabble:
A kind of technobabble particular to the Star Trek universe, with a
particularly heavy emphasis on configurations of pseudoscientific
particles and waves.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/treknobabble>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether
he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he
can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.
--Henry Adams
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Adams>