SC - Re: sca-cooks Re: sca-ck Carrots
Sue Wensel
swensel at brandegee.lm.com
Mon Apr 14 15:34:18 PDT 1997
> 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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