[Sca-cooks] Fwd: mystery vegetable

[A F Murphy]

I have no idea, but that is a cool site! There is a section on medieval
gastronomy! (OK, it's in French... I can at least muddle through. But
lots of pictures!)

Mushrooms? They are round and brown...  wild guess, I admit.

Anne

Mark Calderwood wrote:

> Forwarded from another group, thought it would be of interest here...
>
>> Have a look at this page:
>> http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/images/jpeg/i5_0045.jpg
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>> (BNF, FR 616) fol. 73v
>> Gaston Phoebus, Book of the Hunt
>> France, Paris, 15th Century.
>>
>> Does anybody know what they are peeling down on the right side of the
>> picture? I really doubt it`s truffles, even if Mr. Phoebus would be a
>> terrible gourmet. And nobody mention potatoes.
>>
>> Alsdenn
>> Jürgen
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> What do you guys think the mystery vegetable is?
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> Giles
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