SC - Period Beet Recipes (was: summer feast)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 10/17/99 9:12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> stefan at texas.net writes:
> 
> << Is there any particular reason you think this is to be done with beet roots
>  instead of beet leaves? >>
> 
> This is the same question I asked myself. So off to the kitchen I went. The
> resulting product is definitely more tasty using greens instead of beetroot.
> This doesn't mean that greens were used but it does mean that my version of
> this recipe will specify the greens. :-)
> 
> Ras

The 15th-century Rouen Tacuinum has an illustration for "bletes" or
beets, showing a lady cutting the greens off close to the ground and
gathering them in a basket. This may not have been universal practice,
but it at least indicates pretty clearly that it was done.
   
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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