[Sca-cooks] Beets (was Eggplant)

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I just found references to them in Apicius...there are several recipes for beets including one that uses them as part of a stuffing for a suckling pig.  The index also references beetroot...but the listings are the same as for beet, so I have to assume that it's the red root veggie we all know and love. ;-)

So, given that, I have to assume that it was at least known on the continent...in southern Europe.  I found information about it in Platina, among the recipes.  I don't know how well it was known in northern Europe.

Kiri
> 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
> 
> Were they just new to England, but known in France and
> elsewhere, or a new variety?
> 
> Do Lumdardy tarts use red beets or white/yellow beets? 
> It doesn't sound like it means to use the greens.
> 
> Ranvaig
> 
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