[Sca-cooks] Plantain, herbals, John Gerarde

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The John Gerard herbal has both plantago and musa.
Gerard does say that his first intro to plantain was in pickled form. Later
he writes that it could be eaten with ginger or spices.

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> Is the "plantain" mentioned in one or more of the various 16th century
> herbals? They often mention culinary uses.
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> There is A catalogue of plants cultivated in the garden of John Gerard
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> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30619
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> E.

Plantain shows up in the herbals, but they are often talking about ragwort
(Plantago) rather than bananas (Musa).

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