SC - Keeping the Peace

[Leslie Lansdowne]

harriet meeker wrote:
> 
> First, are there archives to this list, so I can avoid being a nuisance in
> the future.

See Lord Stefan Li Rous' "Florilegium", at:

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/rialto.html

>  Second, can people suggest period sources for different colors
> of carrots?  I understand that Le Menagier is supposed to refer to them as
> "red roots", and I know that there is some thought that they used to be
> white, and more like the root of Queen Anne's Lace.  But I've been told
> there were supposed to be blue carrots and so on.  I know there were blue
> potatos, but carrots?

Yes, Le Menagier says something to the effect that they're small red
roots that cost a silver penny a handful. I'm not aware of blue ones, or
at least no references to them in period sources. That doesn't mean they
didn't exist, I guess, though.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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