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

The Romans also used cabbage leaves for bandaging battle ____.

Cabbage rolls, comprising pickled or boiled cabbage leaves wrapped

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

Corned beef and cabbage, a New England favourite,

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

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

Robert Burton wrote that eating cabbage “caused trouble-some

dreams and sends up black ____ to the brain”.

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

English chef Robert May included a recipe for cabbage

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

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

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

The sprouting forms of broccoli may have been introduced to

France in the 16th century by the Italian-born Catherine de’ ____.

_____ , like its relative broccoli, emerged from the Mediterranean and
spread to other parts of Europe during the 16th century.

A further diversification took place in the 19th century when

the ____ brought cauliflower seeds to India.

Suited to growing in the ______, Indian (or Asian) cauliflowers

provided a year-round supply for domestic consumption.

The new types of cauliflower were better suited to cooler climates,

but they were still highly sensitive to _____, limiting their growing period.

Domesticated brassicas had first arrived in the New World with the

French explorer Jacques Cartier, who planted cabbages in ______ in 1541.

German settlers also took cabbage seeds with them and continued to make _____.

Thomas Jefferson, who was also a keen ____, was inspired to plant ornamental

rows of purple, white, and green broccoli on his terrace.

A hardy winter vegetable, Brussels sprouts taste much better if harvested after being ____.

The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates considered

cos lettuce to be a narcotic and used it to treat sleep ______.

Egyptians used the bitter-tasting leaves of lettuce mostly

as a _____ potion and pressed the seeds into culinary oil.

The Chinese also developed their own variety: stem or _____ lettuce.

It was sold at markets or by street traders, who carried

their produce in large wicker baskets fashioned like _____.

Lettuce has a _____ root system and therefore needs a strict irrigation routine

“I want _____ to find me planting my cabbages.” MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE, FRENCH ESSAYIST, 1571