I had been eating this nice veggie without knowing what excatly is the name since I was a kid. I only know it by its market nick name in Chinese which literally translated is "Husband beat wife veggie". This veggie really "shrink" in volume after cooking because the leaves are kind of a curly when it is fresh. So the husband did not do the cooking and thought that the wife ate most of it while cooking it and so the husband beat the wife because of this. This market nick name must be made up by some very bored veggie seller I guess Brassica?? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Leaf ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Typical Brassica flower ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A kind of Brassica?? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This plant's flowers and seed pods very much resembles that of Brassica and some people call it Curly Brassica. Any help would be most appreciated.
kk, that's a funny story! this looks like maybe a type of Bok Choy. and look what i found... ...The sign is actually trying to illustrate a kind of vegetable (left pic) named as Chinese White Cabbage / Bok Choy / Nai Bai Cai. Also, nicknamed as "Pa Bor Cai".... http://pawzitive.blogspot.com/2008/01/f ... -name.html and a pics...
Thanks for the link bunkie, yes I think it is a kind of Bok Choy (translation: White Veggie)and I guess they all belong to the same family.
you're welcome kk. i grew a 'Extra Dwarf Pok Choy" variety last spring.... http://rareseeds.com/cart/products/Extr ... 0-163.html it grew really fast and was really tasty!
KK, I know it as Shanghai Paak Tsoi, I used to grow it commercially. Beautiful with grated ginger, garlic, shallots and lemon, in sesame oil. Earthworm
Yes I think it is some kind Paak Tsoi, Bok Choy, Chard, Pok Choi, Chinese Cabbage ...... gone through the internet everywhere and still no definite name or this plant/veggie :-? ....... hmmmm...maybe it is a plant with a thousand name The photo below is that of the matured plant with flowers ...... any idea???? A thousand Name ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden )
