[Sca-cooks] Beets

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Does anyone know where a copy of the original can be found?  I know several people who read/speak Russian fluently (they work for the folks at Fort Meade!), are in the SCA and would probably be willing to help out.

Kiri
> >So there is the possibility that both interpretations of the
> >recipe could be correct, but that the root would only be used if you were
> >preparing the tart late in the season. During the production time of the
> >year it would probably be the greens.
> 
> This strikes me as very improbable. I can believe that people ate the 
> greens part of the year and the root part of the year. But beet root 
> is very different from beet greens, so why would you replace one with 
> the other in the same recipe? And if you were doing so, don't you 
> think the recipe would say something about being able to do it either 
> way? We have two versions of the recipe from two different countries, 
> and neither does.
> 
> So far as Domostroi is concerned, the passage doesn't specify beet 
> root. The relevant bit is "Pickle cabbages, beets, and cucumbers in 
> the fall." Cabbages are greens, so although it's certainly possible 
> that what are being pickled are the roots of the beets, It could also 
> be the last of the greens.
> 
> On the other hand, the text refers several times to "beet greens" but 
> speaks of pickling beets. That might be a deliberate difference--it 
> would be interesting to have someone who reads Russian check the 
> original.
> -- 
> David/Cariadoc
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