Greek mythology tells us the cabbage sprang from the fallen tears of a Thracian king who was about to be killed by Dionysus, the wine god, for uprooting some of his favorite grapevines.

In Roman times cabbage was a relatively expensive vegetable that was widely used in a dish we now know as corned beef and cabbage.

By the 15th century, it was widely cultivated in Europe and came to North America with the early settlers.