[Sca-cooks] Carrots in Dutch paintings

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Thanks for this terrific website,  Huette!

It would seem to me that the white carrot-like things with the greens still 
attached are turnips, as turnip greens were eaten along with the root. I 
believe that Gerrard shows the turnip root as long, rather than the bulbous ones we 
have today.

The orange and purplish ones (the color on my computer is not very good 
either) with the greens neatly docked would be carrots, as their greens are not 
eaten.

These are fascinating pix! I'm am especially interestly in the salmon steak 
hanging from a nail. Was thsi for display or for ageing? Likewise one painting 
had what looked like ray-type fishes displayed. Were rays eaten and has anyone 
seen a recipe?

Renata ::Dusting off my Art History degree::