[Sca-cooks] Re: a sampling of ancient Roma - beets

[Aurelia Coritana]

>From what I can tell from Apicius, beet roots and leaves were likely cooked and served together. For instance, Apicius 92 suggests only "boil the beet and serve with mustard."
 
~Aurelia


sca-cooks-request at ansteorra.org wrote:
Message: 9
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 23:39:40 -0500
From: Stefan li Rous 
Subject: [Sca-cooks] a sampling of ancient Roma

Can you post the original recipes (in English!) or at least tell us 
where they are from? For instance, why do you think the "beets" in 
the following recipe are the beet roots, rather than the beet leaves? 
We've had some inconclusive discussions on whether both or period or 
not.


Aurelia Coritana
qui et Aurelia filia Volisii 





		
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