[Sca-cooks] Balkan Roots - horseradish?

[Ian Kusz]

I'll stand by my earlier statement, that it is, indeed, horseradish....but I
do know that a variety of root vegetables are available in multiple colors:
carrots can be purple, white, etc.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Helen Schultz <meisterin02 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I may be wrong, but isn't the German radish long and almost carrot
> shaped?   And, also, isn't it white rather than the US red skinned one?  So,
> could it actually be a radish you are seeing?  Just guessing, though.
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> I just got a book of frescoes and icons from medieval Serbia and Macedonia
> and there is one thing that strikes me as odd. There's a wedding at Cana
> from the early fifteenth century, a Last Supper from 1389 and another
> Wedding at cana from 1307. They all share the usual features - knives on the
> table, but no other cutlery visible (except one spoon in a serving bowl),
> food in bowls, round  manchet loaves, wine served in glass bottles and metal
> goblets that look suspiciously liturgical. But in all three cases, there is
> also some sort of rootlying on the table. It is long and white with leafy
> greens sprouting from the top, and one picture shows that it is cut up from
> the lower end (it shows cut-off tops lying on the table).
>
> Does anyone know what's with this? I know there is a tradition of eating
> horseradish in eastern Europe. Could this be read as evidence for the habit?
> I don't think I've ever seen this in art outside of the Balkans, and AFAIK
> the only root vegetables that are enjoyable at all without cooking are sweet
> carrots and radishes. Does anyone know?
>
> (The book is all about inverted perspective, mandorlas and icon brush
> stroke technique, it's no help at all)
>
> Thanks
>
> Giano
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