
Takana
Takana is Japanese leaf mustard, including Miike takana of Fukuoka: pungent, broad leaves and stems eaten fresh or preserved as pickles.
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Takana is Japanese leaf mustard, including Miike takana of Fukuoka: pungent, broad leaves and stems eaten fresh or preserved as pickles.


The leaves of Brassica juncea, a hardy cool-season crop with a sharp, sulfurous bite, eaten fresh and cooked and fermented across Asia as pickled greens, kimchi and gundruk.

Cabbage is the dense leafy head of Brassica oleracea, a European vegetable that keeps for months and is the classic raw material for sauerkraut, with napa cabbage the base of kimchi.