[Sca-cooks] Compost: Black Radishes, Carrots

[Stefan li Rous]

Cynara mentioned:
> However, the modern orange carrot
> is post-period and definitely gives a dish a post-period appearance, at
> least to us foodies.
No, I believe that the orange carrot may be medieval. What you are 
thinking of is the sweet, orange carrot, but even that appears to be a 
16th C Dutch hybrid. Medieval carrots appear to have come in other 
colors including red, black and white (and possibly orange) but when 
the sweet orange carrot appeared, it seems to have swept the others 
away. Check this file in the FOOD-VEGETABLES section of the Florilegium 
for more details. Or ask Bear. :-)
root-veg-msg      (87K)  6/29/01    Medieval and period root vegetables.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/root-veg-msg.html

> The only reason I use them at all is because they are
> far cheaper than parsnips -- that is, they're what I have.
Well, some of the non-orange carrots have begun to appear again but 
they may be more expensive than the parsnips.

Stefan
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