SC - Carrots and Turnips-Period?
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Wed Apr 19 20:34:51 PDT 2000
In a message dated 4/19/00 11:56:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US writes:
<< The first reference to the orange carrot appears in the 12th Century and
the
carrots I've found in 16th Century paintings are orange. Orange carrots
were very likely the norm by the late Middle Ages. >>
Or a novelty worth recording. :-) 14th century texts refer to them as 'red',
BTW.
Most likely they had a variety of colors to choose from. In the last year in
the modern world cooks are once again able to purchase carrots in many
colors. Giant and Wegman's currently carries burgundy and orange ones in
regular stock and I am anticipating white ones at both stores this fall.
Ras
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