Cabbage and lettuce

The brassica family of leafy green vegetables includes ____, cauliflower, and broccoli.

• eggplants

• potatoes
• carrots
• cabbages

The edible parts of modern brassicas, depending on the type, include the
leaves, flowers, stems, or the _____.

• roots
• bark
• leaves
• seeds

The Romans also used cabbage leaves for bandaging battle ____.

• weapons

• cannons

• wounds

• ships

Cabbage rolls, comprising pickled or boiled cabbage leaves wrapped

around ____ of meat or grains, had been part of Middle Eastern cuisine

• ice cream
• filling

• chicken

• lettuce

Corned beef and cabbage, a New England favourite,

was on the menu for President ____ inaugural lunch in 1861.

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• John F. Kennedy

The upper classes preferred not to eat cabbage, thinking it ____ and unpalatable.

• appetizing
• delicious
• flavorful
• malodorous

Robert Burton wrote that eating cabbage “caused trouble-some

dreams and sends up black ____ to the brain”.

• smoke
• fumes
• vapors
• pollution

There is the widespread myth that ____ were born under a cabbage leaf.

• babies
• kittens
• puppies
• flowers

English chef Robert May included a recipe for cabbage

boiled in ____ (to remove any bitterness) in his 1660 cookbook.

• Honey
• Soy sauce
• Vinegar
• Milk

By the 13th century, ______ – in essence, tiny cabbages harvested

from a central stem – were being cultivated in what is now Belgium.

• Brussels sprouts
• Asparagus
• Cauliflower
• Broccoli