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

[Terry Decker]

"They say , however, that beet root toasted under coals and later eaten over 
garlic takes away its (garlic) foul odor."

Platina, III.14

The beets with mustard from Apicius has been translated to mean both beet 
root and beet greens.

Bear



> Am Dienstag, 17. Mai 2005 22:20 schrieb Carole Smith:
>> Aren't the leaves of modern beets edible?
>
> Well, I've eaten some and I'm still around. It's just not worth buying 
> beets
> for the leaves.
>
>> I have been told by cooks I thought knowledgeable that the roots of the
>> beet were not considered food in period, but that the leaves were.  It
>> hasn't been on my hot list to verify this one.
>
> I doubt it. I guess it is possible that Apicius means beet greens served 
> with
> mustard and vinegar, and that de Rontzier wants them pickled with anise, 
> but
> both seem to jive much better with the root.
>
> YIS
>
> Giano