SC - Torta Bourbonnaisse and Bleta - non-member submission
Par Leijonhufvud
parlei at algonet.se
Mon Jun 19 07:02:54 PDT 2000
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Michael F. Gunter wrote:
> I redacted a version of the Torta Bourbonnaisse from Platina last night
> -- yummy. One question, though, the recipe calls for Bleta. After a
> bit of web searching, I believe this is what's known as Strawberry Blite
>
> (Blitum), which is a European dunghill herb. Needless to say, it's not
> available commercially in the US. Since Platina describes it as the
> lightest variet of green garden vegetable,I substituted romaine Lettuce.
>
> However, I'm not sure that that's a reasonable substitute (gives a
> similar flavor). Any suggestions?
Latin name of the plant?
/UlfR
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