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

[Stefan li Rous]

  Cordelia Toser commented:
> 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.

Yes, I remember some discussion on this list about this. Whether you 
use the roots or the leaves could really affect the way a recipe turns 
out. Not necessarily that one would be inedible, but they would be 
different. I believe that this file in the FOOD-VEGETABLES section of 
the Florilegium has some of these discussions:
beets-msg       (125K) 1/17/05   Period beet roots and beet greens. 
Recipes.

Stefan
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