[Sca-cooks] Period Portable Lunch Foods
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Mon Feb 9 03:18:53 PST 2009
> > > Some cold menu items:
>>> Sugar root salad.
>>
> >Do you know what this would be?
>
A couple more references. It seems correct that Zucker Wurtzel means Skirret.
There are a few places that sell seeds, if anyone wants to grow some.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV134
Skirret is derived from the Dutch "suikerwortel," meaning "sugar root."
The plant grows 3-4 feet high and has large shining dark green compound, pinnate leaves. Small white flowers are produced in umbels. The grayish white roots, grow in clusters from the stem base like sweet potatoes, are 6-8 inches long, cylindrical, and somewhat jointed. They have a sweet taste if well grown, but have a tough, woody nonedible core.
http://home5.inet.tele.dk/Runge/gronsager/gronsager-f/sium_sisarum_l.htm
sium sisarum L - Sukkerrod sucker wurtzel
http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Specimen/SI/Sium%20sisarum.htm
Genus Sium Species sisarum Variety Cultivar Common names skirret crummock Zuckerwurzel Family UMBELLIFERAE
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuckerwurzel
Die Zuckerwurzel (Sium sisarum),
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/skirre51.html
Culpepper says:
'Sisari, secacul. Of Scirrets. - They are hot and moist, of good nourishment, something windy, as all roots; by reason of which they . . . stir up appetite . . .'
And some pictures
http://www.ginsterfarm.ch/Pflanzen/Raritaeten/Zuckerwurzel6623.jpg
http://www.ginsterfarm.ch/Pflanzen/Raritaeten/Zuckerwurzel1702.jpg
Ranvaig
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