I even traveled all the way to brussels to get them just for this prank.

Aren't the tops edible too? I wonder how the little shriveled bean thing on the end became internationally popular but the juicy looking fruit on top isn't. Like, every cashew harvested has to have the fruity part too, what do they all get used for?

Did you know that cashews come from a fruit?

Fuck. Im in a hot area but not zone 10-12 hot.

and they are primitive versions of grasses, POALES.

Damn. You beat me to it.

and these are all related to cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli too, they come from the same species.

Well but they aren't roots, they're from a stem that goes back under.

Wait until you hear how closely related they are to cabbages

they are cultivars of the same species. cabbages, broccili, cauliflowers, brussel sprouts,,,etc. Brassica oleracea, also includes kale and collard greens

bok choi, napa cabbages are from a related species, similar bred.

On another branch of that family tree, those leaves are kale.

First time I saw them I felt like someone was playing a massive prank on me… in a random supermarket, by putting clearly alien veggies in the veggie section

they are buds of the flowering part. we eat the flowering parts mostly, like broccoli, cauliflower.