SC - Period Beet Recipes (was: summer feast)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

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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Phil & Susan Troy

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