[Sca-cooks] Special diet friendly sweets - the results

Antonia Calvo ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Mon Mar 30 16:30:57 PDT 2009


jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:

>I've done various recipes calling for beets with both chard and beet
>greens/tops; I believe I've done torta bolognese this way. Basically, as
>far as I've been able to determine, chard (Beta vulgaris L. subsp. cicla)
>is actually 'leaf beets'-- i.e., the beets called for in most period
>recipes. Root beets are Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris.
>So, I use beet leaves when I have 'em and fill out with chard.
>  
>


Incidentally, the vegetable you call Swiss chard is called silverbeet in 
Australia and New Zealand.

-- 
Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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