# Why do you eat non-veg?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 12, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-eat-non-veg/748737 "2016-03-12T13:52:37Z")\
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> [@eschereal](#):
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> They are not _like_ cabbages, they literally _are_ cabbages.

The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things:  
Of Brussels sprouts, and cabbages, and kale, and collard greens.

[Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690890)

> [@Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-one-of-the-finer-points-of-botany-please-brussels-sprouts/658289/5):
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> > [@Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-one-of-the-finer-points-of-botany-please-brussels-sprouts/658289/4):
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> > Same species, actually.
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> > The cabbage _Brassica oleracea_ has a very large number of distinct cultivars. Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, collard greens, cauliflower, and kohlrabi all belong to the same botanical species.
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> I always thought Kohlrabi was a medieval-era Jewish Talmudic scholar/philosopher.

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