[Sca-cooks] skerrits?
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Thu Oct 25 11:09:52 PDT 2007
> okay, before i go off half cocked (or half cooked) on my
> English paper...
>
> skerrits are carrots... or carrot-like, correct? the only
> google is for gunthar's skerrit and parnsip pie
> recipe/feast. 8) forget the dictionary and encyclopedia!
>
Welll....
I wouldn't say that skerrits are all that carrot like, based on the
descriptions I've read-- but I've never seen them in real life. They
definitely aren't carrots though.
Found this:
SKERRIT, skarrett: skirret (Sium sisarum), a species of water parsnip
cultivated for its root. (John Evelyn, Cook, C17)
on http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/lane/kal69/shop/pages/glosss.htm
and it clicks with what I know.
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-- Jenne Heise / Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
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