[Sca-cooks] Period food myths

[Dunbar, Debra]

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legacy/heritage veggies -
I too would love to find a place where I could get seeds to grow these.  My
gardener friends warn me that it's difficult to grow older varieties because
modern hybridization and pesticide application have made strains of nasties
that are particularly tough on these legacy varieties.  I don't know how
true this is though, since my heritage roses do SO much better with pests
and rot then the horrible modern hybrid teas.
Wrynne

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Siegfried Heydrich [SMTP:baronsig at peganet.com]
> Sent:	Friday, September 07, 2001 12:48 PM
> To:	sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> Subject:	Re: [Sca-cooks] Period food myths
>
>     Y'know, I have to wonder if there are any legacy/heritage vegetable
> clubs out there, in various ag stations and universities around the world.
> I
> know there are all sorts of rare and exotic fruit clubs in my area, and
> I'd
> think there would be enough academic interest for legacy seed stock to be
> available somewhere. Be interesting to grow a patch of red carrots for a
> feast.
>     If you want to see some REALLY interestingly colored veggies, though,
> have a look at Peruvian crops sometime! There was a south american
> festival
> in Miami, and their farmers market looked like something out of star wars
> .
> . . some very odd looking flora, indeed.
>
>     Sieggy
>
>