SC - Torta Bourbonnaisse and Bleta - non-member submission

[Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir]

Thomas wrote:
>Further, there is a parallel recipe in the Neapolitan recipe collection,
>too (#126), which has "biete", translated with "chard" by Scully
>("_biete_ ... (bot.) _Beta vulgaris_, subspecies _cicla_, (Swiss)
>chard"; glossary p. 216).
>
>Thus, it seems that in using "bleta", Platina refers to chard.


Come to think of it, this torta isn´t that different from the tourte de
blettes in Le Menagier, which uses white beet (chard) leaves.

Nanna