[Sca-cooks] broccoli and cauliflower

[johnna holloway]

Have you checked out Castelvetro's The
Fruits, Herbs and Vegetables of Italy?
Or John Harvey's Mediaeval Gardens?
or Malcolm Thicke who mentions that John
Evelyn described it in the 17th century?

Johnna Holloway  Johnnae llyn Lewis

Daniel Myers wrote:
> After digging through this, I'm even more convinced that period "broccoli"
> and "cole-flowers" were so different from what's now found in groceries
> that it would be misleading to claim that either broccoli or cauliflower is
> period.