Archive for November, 2010
Introducing the Tomato: Madde Apples and Love Apples
Like with corn, the origin of the tomato had already been lost less than 100 years after it was discovered. Gerard cautions against eating the “Raging Apple” as he calls what I believe we’d refer to as a “Roma” tomato because they can be poisonous (because the tomato is in the same family as belladonna [...]
Happy Dindon Day from the Comte de Buffon
Despite being thought insipid, turkey was the first New World food to be accepted in France. I’m making mole poblano de guajolote for tomorrow, so insipid can meet me out by the woodpile…
Candie Carrots vs. Deadly and Stinking Carrots
More from Gerard’s Herball. In 1597 there were candie carrots “soveraigne remedy against…poison” not to mention that you could drink water fixed up with the seeds in it to prevent “the strangurie” (which, regrettably, is difficulty peeing. Still, it would be considerably more entertaining to go to the doctor and say “I’ve got a touch [...]
Turkey Wheate from John Gerard’s Herbal
The first in a series of posts celebrating Gerard’s 1597 masterpiece The Herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gerard’s Herball was one of the first publications to discuss the New World food basket that had been imported over the last century. Gerard, like most European farmers, was skeptical: These kinds of Graine were first brought [...]
Great article on argarian urba…
Great article on argarian urbanism and the city/country dichotomy. http://networkedblogs.com/a7uvC
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