Thanks for a great comment. I think the miners had tough winters of eating dried meat and cooking dried beans and grains while working in the hills, so when this green vegetable appeared in late winter/early spring, they found it could cure any scurvy issues.
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Oh you're welcome! And of course it makes perfect sense now, it's just something I'd never thought about :) I have often thought about how long those winters would have felt like back then! We think we've got it rough haha