SC - Authenticity Buffs (the continuing saga)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Ron Rispoli wrote:
> 
> I thought both yellow and white turnips were grown in europe am I mistaken?

No, you're right. It's just that when you ask a Frenchman or an
Englishman to describe a turnip, he'll describe a white turnip, and a
Scotsman (as well as some Americans) will describe a rutabega. My point
was only that jokingly referring to white potatoes as Scots turnips (or
whatever it was) was a joke that doesn't really work, because in
Scotland, (I think!) turnips are yellow, not white. It's as much a
matter of linguistics as of botany.

Adamantius

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
> To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Date: Sunday, May 21, 2000 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: SC - Authenticity Buffs (the continuing saga)
> 
> >Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:
> >>
> >> some strange white vegetable (the "Tavern Owner" explained them away by
> >> calling them "Scottish turnips" - which was cute.)
> >
> >I suppose this is no worse than the time I referred to bacon as Land Lox
> >(not in an SCA setting). I seem to recall that the turnip of Scotland,
> >though, as in some parts of the USA, is the rutabega or yellow turnip,
> >so even that excuse is a bit off.
> >
> >Adamantius
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