[Sca-cooks] Viking cookbook

[Decker, Terry D.]

I'm curious as to the source which specifies the rutabaga as a 19th Century
hybrid.  An Oregon State University fact sheet provides the information that
the rutabaga is mentioned in Bauhin's Prodromus and Morrison's plant
catalog, both 17th Century publications.

The Bauhin reference is most probably Caspar (Gaspard) Bauhin's Pinax or
Theatri Botanici of 1623.

Bear

> > >b.) swedes
> >
> >       Swedes are rutabegas.  They were developed in Sweden in the
> > nineteenth century, and are related to turnips.  They are
> *definately
> > not* period for Vikings.