[Sca-cooks] Beets and backfiles was Beets
Robin Carroll-Mann
rcmann4 at earthlink.net
Mon Feb 2 16:46:31 PST 2004
On 2 Feb 2004, at 19:19, Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamant wrote:
> Also sprach david friedman:
> >>Although these are not English recipes, here are
> >>some period German recipes that call for beet
> >>roots of various types.
> >
> >I think the first one is clearly the root, since it talks about the
> >problem of the broth being too red, which I don't think happens with
> >the greens.
>
> Just for the record... it frequently does... I think the stems and
> ribs have a lot of red pigmentation.
>
> Adamantius
However, the first recipe also called for the beets to be cubed. I don't think
one could do that with beet leaves.
Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
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