Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-25
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..,,op, About Peas, Beans,
a,a-flme - and Asparagus.
"a ,ea comes from the Greek
The p' w. in Els, where they were
city, n large quantities Inc mess
grown - for which fsau sold his
o. Po',as. vas a dish OF peas. They
brn 70 eslIed lentils then, and It Il said
that y the common people still call
Engla ..,ilIs " dropping the lien" In
ihsn lion Of Mary they were called
ps'e .eo and in the reign OF Charles
"pease :, heana we're anciently
., lns more sacred than culinary.
ra'ne' tbe Egyptians it was held to be
Amons ort Of a crime to look at them,
soia' pgtbaroras forbade them to be
ana ana, In Athens judicial as well as
ea''~ "a character is attached To them,
s' s.sar were used in gathering the
anu s II the people in electing magis-
' sy' and in drawing lots. In En-
Land they we're unknown until loos.
saaa aaragls. brought to England in
r,.latetb's reign, was cultivated SO
I l..idnously by the Romans that Pliny
b;s time three heads weighed
'a' noupd. 1t was cooked by rapid
s sng and Augustus in requiring
s p On any business Is reported as
4ariro. "Let that be done quicker
' 's you would boil asparagus.
W. Iaiaa was famous not only for its
.ss,deps of cucumbers." but for the
-, aye of its radishes. The Tai
"a sneaks of fox following out a
.ssh Of Judea for its lair, but this is
.a.her more than skeptical age is
Hing to accept. The Greeks offered
.sd.hes Of gold, beets of silver and
.~r,;ns Of lead to Apollo at Delphos.
Tssv usually boiled their radishes. and
he French peasants at the present day
,oast them under ashes.
Radlshes suggest lettuce, which has
an eoual antiquity. The Hebrews ate
4 with their paschal lamb. and it was
,lavorite vegetable with the Greeks
,ra Romans. Aristoxenus, the philos-
amber and gastronomist, watered his
Istt,ees with the rarest wine. Cab
b,ga used to be endowed with mar
vslous medicinal and nutritive virtues.
cs,o considered the red kind to be a
e,ra for drunkenness, and said that
"By the use Of cabbage alone Rome
had done without physicians for six
hundred years" Caulifower was also
abundantly cultivated. Both it and cab
bags we're plentiful in England in
May reign.
The onion was once the deity by
whom the Egyptians swore. The
mother OF Apollo was particularly
fond Of this esculent, and preferred it
raw. Leeks are probably indigenous
to England. Garlic is dear TO the
Spanish heart. Parsley, a few leaves
Of which eaten raw will effectually
reutralze the odof of the onion, is
well Known in history. BY Anacreon
It vas made the emblem of JOY and
testirity. Hercules was crowned with
It in preference to laurels. and
wreath Of parsley was one Of the prizes
at the Nemaan and Isthmian games.
While the ancients We're so we'll
supplied with vegetables it seems q
great pity that they did not know how
to cook them. Fancy seasoning
boiled turnip with honey, vinegar,
gravy, boiled grapes and a little oil!
This was the custom among the
Romans Carrots they ate raw with
salt and vinegar. A recipe for cook
ing onions left by Apicius reads as fol-
lows; Cover the onions with young
cabbage leaves, cook under hot en-
Oers and season with gravy, oil and
vine. And here are the same writer's
directions among others for preparing
lettuce; boil the young leaves with
onions in water wherein a little nitre
has been scattered, drain dry and cut
them small, mixing with them pepper,
parsley seed, dried mint and onions,
adding gravy, oil and wine" Such a
Snglomeration as this could leave
nothing further to be desired. Toronto
Globe