SC - Dinner last night

[Michael F. Gunter]

Adamantius 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

Thank you, my Lord. I must have misspelled something when I tried to search 
there for this topic.  I'll try again.

>>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.

I really appreciate that.  My research project (and the person I have to 
show this to) really insists on period documentation.  Something about "non 
scriptorum, non est" I think it was.

Berengaria Ravencroft
Berengaria at hotmail.com
http://""www.geocities.com/athens/styx/5871"
"The brave man carves out his own fortune, and every man is the son of his 
own works" -- Miguel de Cervantes




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