[Sca-cooks] swiss chard =/= beet greens?

[Volker Bach]

According to Körber-Grohne: 'Nutzpflanzen in Deutschland von der Vorgeschichte 
bis Heute', chard is of the same family (beta) as red beets (and, for that 
matter, sugar beets) and the main difference is that the one was selectively 
bred for leaves, the other for the root. As late as 1600, chard has thick, 
fleshy roots of culinarily useful size.

YIS

Giano


Am Montag, 16. Mai 2005 16:52 schrieb Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise:
> Greetings! I had heard (and told others) that swiss chard was the modern
> version of 'leaf beet'. Of course now I can't remember where I found
> that info, and some friends of mine and I were wondering about it.
> Anyone have a more concrete answer and be awake enough to produce it?
> Thank you!
>
> (Stefan, if the answer is in the Florilegium, that's wonderful but my
> brain is not ready to handle the kind of search statement that would get
> that out without trudging through lots of recipes calling for
> chard/beets!)