[Sca-cooks] Carrots in Dutch paintings

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com> wrote:


> >These have white carrots or perhaps turnips...
> >
> >http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=16236
> 
> If you mean the two carrots center bottom, lying on the edge of the 
> basket, I would have described them as orange--just about the color 
> of modern carrots. Are you seeing something else?

On my computer they look dirty brownish white.


> >http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=21617
> 
> bottom right corner? Look pretty orange to me.

Again. It could be a difference in our computer....


> 
> So I assume your project is:
> 
> 1. Determine from paintings the nature of all vegetables in Europe in 
> the 16th century.

What???  I have no project.  Someone commented about orange colored carrots.  I was just
looking at paintings and decided to share ...

> 
> 2. Repeat for 15th, 14th, ....
> 
> 3. Produce a vegetable time line, showing when carrots became about 
> the color of modern  carrots, when cardoons turned into artichokes, 
> ...
> 
> Along the way producing an egg time line, showing just what modern 
> egg size is appropriate for each century, and a weight of chickens of 
> various sorts, ...  .
> 
> Go to it.

No thanks.  Have too many other projects already.

Huette

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