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Mrs. Beeton online
I just saw that the 1861 edition of Mrs. Beeton is online at:
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au...ton/household/ And, cross-referencing the thread on vegetable colors, the good lady mentions broccoli (purple and white). http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au.../chapter3.html I had not known that broccoli came in any color other than green. Can anyone comment on this? Robin Carroll-Mann "Mostly Harmless" -- Douglas Adams To email me, remove the fish |
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Mrs. Beeton online
Robin Carroll-Mann .> nattered on
m: > I just saw that the 1861 edition of Mrs. Beeton is online at: > http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au...ton/household/ > > And, cross-referencing the thread on vegetable colors, the good lady > mentions broccoli (purple and white). > http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au.../chapter3.html > I had not known that broccoli came in any color other than green. Can > anyone comment on this? Could be a heirloom variety. Broccoli is a cabbage, after all, and kales can be colored. I've seen purple broccoli. |
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Mrs. Beeton online
> [Mrs Beeton] mentions broccoli (purple and white). [...] > I had not known that broccoli came in any color other than green. > Can anyone comment on this? Technically, the green stuff you usually see in supermarkets isn't broccoli at all, but calabrese - the buds aren't generated from the same anatomical structures. The older kinds of broccoli (quite often purple) are spindlier and have more flavour. We've grown purple broccoli here, and it makes a good garden crop, since you can pick bits of it off the plant for months. That isn't what a commercial grower would want to do, hence the oblivion the plant has fallen into. Unlike red cabbage, the purple colour vanishes quickly with cooking. You have to treat it gently to keep it looking attractive. Any recipe from before 1950 that called for "broccoli" would mean the traditional variety - the adoption of calabrese is very recent. ========> Email to "j-c" at this site; email to "bogus" will bounce <======== Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/purrhome.html> food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files and CD-ROMs of Scottish music. |
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Mrs. Beeton online
Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
> > I just saw that the 1861 edition of Mrs. Beeton is online at: > http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au...ton/household/ > > And, cross-referencing the thread on vegetable colors, the good lady > mentions broccoli (purple and white). > http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au.../chapter3.html > I had not known that broccoli came in any color other than green. Can > anyone comment on this? Purple sprouting broccoli is quite common here in the UK. There are several other colours too. My father used to grow some of the less usual ones. Seeds are available from several merchants who specialize on older varieties. The reason you don't often see them to buy in shops is that the new fat green stuff is made more resistant to bugs and produces a heavier crop, so is commercially a better bet than the older but tastier varieties. Pop into your local garden centre and see what they have available as seeds. Here in the UK you can get the standard modern green stuff, purple and yellow varieties, a white one, and some other variations on the broccoli theme. The Victorians used to grow some as decorative items, along with brightly coloured decorative cabbages. These are making a come-back here in the UK, particularly in municipal flower beds! Very odd they look too, close up, but they make a hardy and cheerful splash of colour. -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Mrs. Beeton online
Robin Carroll-Mann wrote: > I had not known that broccoli came in any color other than green. Can > anyone comment on this? One cultivar which is purple is: Species: Brassica oleracea (broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, collard greens, etc) SubSpecies = botytris (broccoli) Variety = Raab Cultivar = Hun Tsai Tai Someone else said that calabrese isn't broccoli. But calabrese is just another variety of botytris, and all botytris is broccoli. -Mike |
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Mrs. Beeton online
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 03:16:23 GMT, Robin Carroll-Mann
.> wrote: >I just saw that the 1861 edition of Mrs. Beeton is online at: >http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au...ton/household/ Thank you for the URL. I've bookmarked for leisurely viewing. Times sure change... |
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Mrs. Beeton online
Frogleg wrote:
> > On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 03:16:23 GMT, Robin Carroll-Mann > .> wrote: > > >I just saw that the 1861 edition of Mrs. Beeton is online at: > >http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au...ton/household/ > > Thank you for the URL. I've bookmarked for leisurely viewing. Times > sure change... I bought a facsimile copy of Mrs Beeton's first book. It really is interesting and a window into the middle class of her time. |
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Mrs. Beeton online
Thanks so much for posting the link! I can now read the missing pages of my
dear old Battered Beeton!! "Robin Carroll-Mann" .> wrote in message ... > I just saw that the 1861 edition of Mrs. Beeton is online at: > http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au...ton/household/ > |
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