SC - Re: Pickled egg recipes -- BEETS?

[marilyn traber]

This thread raises an interesting point: in general, how do we deal with raw materials
which have changed irrevocably since our period(s) of interest?

Ragnar Ketilsson, newcomer to this list
Aethelmearc, Endless Hills


>I think that the sugar beet is actually period.  There is a European Castle
>that I saw on A&E that was from the 1400's that has sugar beets as part of
>the Device of the owners, a baron something or other.  I will try to find
>the particulars.
>
>                     Lord Jonathus Fitche d'Abercrombie
(big snip)
>>I am very fond of cooked beet-roots and I'd love to be able to use them at
>>feasts with a clear conscience. Can anybody offer evidence of their use in
>>medieval recipes?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>-- Marieke
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>



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