[Sca-cooks] Honey Carrots WAS vege proportions

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> carrot is a 16th? century Dutch hybrid/mutation. I can't remember where 
> and when this honey carrots recipe is from, but I'm wondering if the 
> use of the orange carrot rather than the other carrots ends up making 
> this dish sweeter than it would have been in period.

Ok, dumb question: is honeyed/buttered carrots or parsnips documentably 
period? I know that boiling any given vegetable in broth and buttering 
it is documented in late period. but the honeyed carrots (or spiced, 
buttered parsnips) I haven't found yet.

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