[Sca-cooks] The Purple Carrot Returns and then Some

[Daniel Phelps]

Was written:


>   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.
>
Hmmm well... it sounds like a great archeo-botanical research project.  What
needs be done is to find an assortment of well preserved medieval carrots,
extract their DNA, and then do a comparison with these modern varieties to
see how closely they match.

Daniel