[Sca-cooks] Carrots in Dutch paintings

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It could possibly be a long rooted turnip but in the Gerard drawing it is
still not as long and still a bit bulbous. There is a possibility of them
being wild turnips or something in the turnip family. There is also the
possibility of the white veggie being a radish.

Lyse

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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::