Fw: Re: HERB - Fw: Re: SC - Celery

[Decker, Terry D.]

> We should also remember that if it was eaten as a vegetable , it is most 
> likely that only the leaves were used as such and not the stalks. Recipes 
> from al-Baghdadi use only the leaves and then as a flavoring only. The
> date 
> is 1226 C.E. IIRC, al-Andalus also uses the leaves in cooking.
> 
> Ras
> 
It may also be that the type of celery being raised in Europe was celeraic
(Apium graveolens var. rapaceum) from which the root is used.

Bear
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