[Sca-cooks] Carrots and feasts for me

[Stefan li Rous]

Kateryn commented:
> For me - cooked carrots are right out.  However a limited amount of raw
> carrots is okay.  It seems to be the breakdown time of the cooked
> carrot v/s the raw fiber processing of the raw carrot that does me in.
> IE: It travels more whole through my system than cooked does. So the
> raw carrot does not spike my blood sugar as much as cooked carrots do.
>
> My feasts from here on out will feature a lot more in the greens
> department as they have few sugar carbs in them and ...
The modern orange carrot is also sweeter than the medieval varieties 
that it was grown from. We have discussed this here previously. I 
believe also that some folks have back breed the modern carrot to try 
to create these older varieties. I don't know if they are as sweet. 
Perhaps using the medieval variety would also be another way to solve 
this problem. You would probably have to grow your own though.

I think some info on this can be found in this file:
root-veg-msg      (87K)  6/29/01    Medieval and period root vegetables.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/root-veg-msg.html

If you decide to grow your own, the sources in this file might have 
this:
seeds-msg         (60K) 12/27/00    Sources for period plants and seeds.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/seeds-msg.html

Stefan
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