On this Wikipedia the cabbage with egg and flour links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about the vegetable. Cabbage and cross section on white. Smooth-leafed, firm-headed green cabbages are the most common, with smooth-leafed purple cabbages and crinkle-leafed savoy cabbages of both colours being rarer.

Under conditions of long sunny days, such as those found at high northern latitudes in summer, cabbages can grow quite large. Cabbage was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe in Ancient history before 1000 BC. Cabbage in the cuisine has been documented since Antiquity. The varietal epithet capitata is derived from the Latin word for “having a head”.