SC - Salsify-update and useful info

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/16/99 1:05:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, nannar at isholf.is
writes:

<<  It came from Spain and crept into the rest of Europe,
 especially France, Belgium and England, whose herbalists and gardeners all
 took an interest in it at the end of the sixteenth century.  >>

I found the mention of Belgium above especially interesting due to the fact
that in the current middle ages Belgium is the world's leading producer of
salsify. That a food fad would last for 400 years is mind boggling. :-)

Ras
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