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#REDIRECT [[Carrot]]
In modern times, an [[orange]] vegetable, but during medieval times, was ( I believe) known to most people in antiquity as a white vegetable (like a turnip, but tasting like a carrot) but also (less common?) red, reddish black, orange, yellow and various other shadings were mentioned, especially in the late medieval period.

Carrot grows as a [[conical]] root in the ground, from which grows a green flower stalk. Carrots should not be eaten when still green (unripe).

Carrots were eaten raw or cooked in medeival times. Various [[alcohol]]ic beverages can also be made from carrots, but St Ursula's "carrot wallop" should definately be avoided (unless it's improved lately).

"They (carrots) remain in the human bile gland awaiting a time to be thrown up. Not a nice vege at all."

Various other medieval names exist for carrots, or that include carrots, eg
[[skirret]] (water parsnip), [[pasternak]]es (carrots or parsnip).


----more details on varieties of root vegetables at:----
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/root-veg-msg.html

----recepies for carrots:----
*see [[pasternak]]es

Latest revision as of 17:31, 3 October 2003

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