SC - Period Beet Recipes (was: summer feast)
Anne-Marie Rousseau
acrouss at gte.net
Mon Oct 18 07:54:01 PDT 1999
Cindy Renfrow wrote:
>
> In other words, in England, they were well acquainted with using the beet
> greens as pot herbs or salad, but the variety with the big red root was
> fairly new, & not yet well known by cooks. Hence the need to assure them
> that it is good & wholesome to eat. By the time Robert May wrote his CB,
> the red beet root had been accepted.
It may also simply reflect an unorthodox personal preference on Gerard's
own part. At least as of 1589 or so, anyway.
Adamantius
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