SC - Broccoli & Fennel

[david friedman]

At 9:12 AM -0500 5/6/98, Decker, Terry D. wrote:
(comments on broccoli snipped)
>Brussel sprouts are an 18th Century creation.
>
>The primary source for this is Trager's The Food Chronology, so take it with
>a grain of salt.

However, Menagier mentions something which sounds pretty similar:

"Heads of cabbage, at the end of grape-harvest.  And when the head of this
cabbage, which is in the middle, is removed, pull and replant the cabbage
stalk in new ground, and there will come out large spreading leaves: and a
cabbage holds great place, and these are called Roman cabbages, and eaten
in winter; and from the stalks, if they are replanted, come little cabbages
called sprouts which are eaten with raw herbs and vinegar; and if you have
plenty, they should be well cleaned, washed in hot water, and put to cook
whole with a little water: and then when they are cooked, add salt and oil,
and stir it up thick without water, and put olive oil on in Lent."

Elizabeth/Betty Cook


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