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[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 94 points 7 months ago

Monks did most of the writing and artwork.

Monks main diet was brassicas.

They grew their own food.

Do the math, it's wish fulfillment

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago

Brassica, it is ALWAY brassica.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago

Mate, when a full monastery is blowing the covers off every night to the sound of foghorns i care little for correct plurality

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago

I read their response not as "The correct plural is brassica", but as "Friggin' everything is a brassica cultivar".

If you didn't know: cabbage, kale, broccoli, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts, collard greens and cauliflower are all selectively bred cultivars of the same species.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You are correct. Not sure why he felt so attacked.

No, not everything is brassica.

But everything that isn't brassica is cucurbita.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Yo mama's so something something biologists something something brassica cultivar.

[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 months ago

Yo mama's so widespread they renamed brassica after her

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago

I think you're really on to something here, if you don't work in history or something, you should run this by a historian or scholar and see what they think

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago
[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Monty Python makes so much more sense now

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago

That’s my guess too. Snail plague there heart to be evidence of it somewhere. Also when did escargot become popular?

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

This makes so much sense, is there any evidence? I don't want to spread the rumor as a fun fact unless there's something behind it. Very fun idea!

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