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

[Terry Decker]

Swiss chard is Beta vulgaris var. cicla.  You should be able to check that 
in any available dictionary.

Bear

> 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!)
>
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