SC - Re: sca-cooks Re: sca-ck Carrots

[Sue Wensel]

> In a message dated 97-04-11 12:32:14 EDT, you write:
> 
> << There are white
>  carrots I saw in a seed catalog about a year ago.  Do you think that
>  those would be closer to period, or would they just add enough of a
>  difference to make others think that they are? >>
> 
> Period varieties of carrots were both white and red. Just not orange. You
can
> come up with an almost identical period carrot by collecting the seeds of
> Queen Anne's Lace Wild Carrot). Plant it in a patch. In the fall dig up the
> roots, replant ONLY the biggest roots. Repat this a second and a third year.
> In the third year collect only seeds from the biggest roots. The product of
> these seeds is almost identical to Medieval Carrots. They are stronger
> flavored than modern carrots and a bit tougher and stringier, but well worth
> the effort of producing them.
> 
> Lord Ras

I was taught that Queen Anne's Lace was poisonous.  Of course, I never checked
it out -- not being a cat ;->

Derdriu
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