[Sca-cooks] Roman sauces

[Druighad at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/20/01 9:03:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
mem.morman at oracle.com writes:

<< Artichokes with Eggs
 (why does Vehling call them Cardoons?) and Carrots with Cumin. >>

Cardoons are a member of the artichoke family. Most people just don't like
using the highly fiberous, and very prickly cardoon, so a lot of the recipes
got changed to using Jerusalem artichokes or globes when they became more
widely available.

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