DID YOU KNOW?
(Sent in by Eileen Moore, 38, View Road, Mount Eciun, Auckland, C.3.; age 15.)
That the cauliflower came from Cyprus in 1694? That we owe the potato to South America and Sir Walter Ealeigh? That artichokes came from Italy fn the reign of Henry VIII.?
That red beet was introduced to England from South of Europe in 1656?
That the leek came from Switzerland, the shallot from Palestine and parsley from Sardinia?
That we owe the bean to the Romans and that the scarlet runner came from South America as late as 1633?
That peas came from tho South of Europe in Henry VIII.'s reign?
That the radish is a native of China and Japan and was introduced to English cooks somewhere about 1584?
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 22
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127DID YOU KNOW? Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 22
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