[Sca-cooks] The Purple Carrot Returns and then Some
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Wed Nov 24 23:17:02 PST 2004
William de Grandfort asked:
> Weren't the 'original' carrots dark red? I seem to recall reading that
> somewhere on this list.
> Or not.
Yes, and other colors including an orange one which wasn't sweet.
The latter in particular makes me wonder if these carrots, and others
made with back-breeding, actually resemble medieval carrots in any way
other than color.
For some more details:
root-veg-msg (87K) 6/29/01 Medieval and period root vegetables.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/root-veg-msg.html
Stefan
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