Professor Singh ji and others, I don't know if you get Grünkohl in India too. I found for Grünkohl "Brassica oleracea var. sabellica L" on german wiki and Brassica oleracea Acephala Group on engl. Wiki. The pics look similar. I don't know what is what. Unfortunately I don't have a foto of Grünkohl shall try to get one.
Anyway Grünkohl is a very popular vegetable in north germany, especially in Bremen and surrounding. Because of its form it is called Palme and every place claim that it is their Palm. So in Oldenburg they say it is olderburger Palme and in Lippe Lippischer Palme. The Kohlessen is a very popular event here. In jan. Feb. when the weather is very cold, it is the Grünkohl-time. One meets many groups going on "Kohlfahrt". They pull a handcart behind them, which is full of various alcoholic drinks. Every now and then they stop and play and sing and drink. We live on the outskirts of Ritterhude and 500 meters behind our house there is woody area. So when we go for a walk, we meet such groups heading towards one restaurant, which is deep in the woods. Kohl und Pinkel is the one and only dish. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnkohlessen "Kohl und Pinkel" is one of the dishes at the very famous and oldest event (since 1545) of Schaffermahlzeit, traditionally thought of as a gettogether of the Bremen shipping and merchants and is strictly regulated. Famous personalities are invited and they donate to the "Foundation House Seefahrt", that takes care of the families of the sailors who died at sea. Women were not allowed :-((((((((((((((((( but now that women are working as ships captains they are invited too. Apart from that Shafferinnenmahl is organized since 1975, as women are taking a big part in the society-life. In 2007 Angela Merkel was one lady-guest and in the same year Lakshmi Mittal was the guest of honour. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaffermahlzeit sorry there is no engl. version of it. Hope I havn't bored you! Regards Nalini
