[Sca-cooks] Beets

[Stefan li Rous]

> > I was browsing the Florilegium and found this on beets:
> > http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/vegetables-msg.html
> >> Curiously the red beet with a bulbous
> >> root was new to Gerard; common beets were white or
> >> yellow and eaten as greens. (Even in the 16th, beets
> >> often were called by their French name.)
> >> Alysoun
I don't know if this is in a message that covered more than beets so I 
didn't move it or whether it is a message I should have moved and 
missed. However, for those interested, there is a lot more info on 
beets in this file in the same section:
beets-msg         (68K) 11/16/02    Period beet roots and beet greens. 
Recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/beets-msg.html

Stefan
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