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Show TT _490wifeare better of tafte, and of as reda colour asthe former red Beete ‘The Kitchen Garden. many, by reafon of the aromaticall or {picie taftes Warmitié arid comforting the ftomick’, ‘and Hel ping itdigeft the many:waterifli and flegiriaticke micates'are inthofé times 'nitich eatensThe rootesalfo cichérrawe or beyled are often eaten with oyle atid'vinegars>' Thefeedeis more vied phyfically theritheroote, or any Other pare) -and iseffeauall'to proudke plenty ofvs rineinthem that piffeby drops, or hauethe Strangury : It helpdt Wed times as I faid before, like a Carrotand long: thef{cede isall one withtheleffer red Beete. oe Fhe Kitohen Garden, :. the rooteis fometimnesfhort likea Turnep, whetcofittookthe name of Rapa or'rape/a and foe. ; The Italian Beete is of muchrefpeé&, whofe faire greene leaues are very largeand great, with great white ribbes and veines therein:the ftalke in the Summertime,when itis growen vp to afly height,is ix {quare in fhew, and yellowifh withall,as the heades with feedevpoathemfeeme likewife. mens coutfés, and wararéch'theirbenammed bodies ot mefibers, that lfane endured fierce'cold déiesand nights; being boyled and diinke, aolq The great red Beete that Mafter Letea Merchant ofLondon gauie vnto Mafter Ger rard,as he fetteth it dowacin his Herball, feemethto beethe red kinde ofthelaft re. membred Beete, whofe great ribbes as he faith, areas great as the middle ribbeofthe Cabbage leafe,and as good te bec eaten, whofe ftalke rofe with himto the height of ‘Cu AP. XX ate eight cubits,and bore plenty of feede. Sélivnm duleeSwedteParlley orfweeté Sinallage. The Vic of Beetes. ' Beetes, both white, greene andred, are putinto the pot amongother herbes, to make portage,as is commonly known vntoall, andarealfo boyled whole, both in France vfually with moft of their boyled meates, andia our Courgrey, with divers that delight in cating of herbes. TheIr{iat Beere, and folikewife the laft red Beete with great ribbes,are boyled, ar4,the ribbes eaten in fallets with oyle,vinegar and pepper,andis accounted ararckindeof fallet,and very delicate. Theroote of the commonred Bectewith fome, but more cfpecially the Romaneted Beete, is of much vic among Cookesto trimmeorfet out their difhes of meate, being cut out into diuers formes and fafhions, andisgrown of late dayesinto agreat cuftemeoffernice,bothfor fith and ich. Therootes of the Romane red Beete beingboyled, are caten ofdiuers while they are hot witha little oyleandvinegar,and is accounted delicate fallet for the winter ; and being cold they are fo vfed and eatenlikewile. The leaues are much vfedto mollifie and open the belly, being vfedin the decoftion of. Glifters. Theroote of the white kindefera ped,andmadevp with alittlehoney and falt, rubbed onand layd onthebelly, prouoketh to theftoole. The vfe of eating Beetes. is likewife held to bee helpefullto {pleneticke perfons. } . r | it ; for it refembleth Smadllage as wellin the, latgenefle of. theleaues > as in the tafte, yetf{ivecter. andpleafanter,, 1s (as Ltake it) in thisdike:ywnto {weete Fennell (that hath his fweetnefle trom his naturall foyleand‘clymate; for how- focner it bee reafonable. fweererhe tht yearent $ fowne with ys,. yer itquickly doth degenerate, and becommeth,no better. chen, out; ordinayic; Fennell afterwards), The firft yeare it is fowncand planted with ys.(andthe firft.thatcucrlfaw, was ina Venctian Ambafladours;Gardenin, the, Spittle, yard.,, neareBifhops) gate ftreete) is fofweete and pleafant, efpecially while it is young ,-as14 Sugar had beene mingled with.it ; bur after it_is growne.vp,high and large, ithath,aftronger.itafte of Smalladgc, and fo likewifemuch morethenextycare that it growcthfrom,the feed was pitiercd here : the leques are many, fpreading farre abousrhe.roote, broaderand of 2 frether’ greene colour then ourjordinary.Smalladge, and ypontongerftalkes: the feed isas plentifull as Parfley, being fmallandvety fike vnto it; but darkezofcolour. The Vie of {weete Parfley. The Venetiansvie to prepare it for meate many waies, both the herbe and the roote eaten rawe, as manyother herbes and rootes are, or boyled orfryed to be eaten with meate , orthe dryed herbe pouderedand ftrewed vpon meate; but moft vitally either whitcd,and fo eaten rawe with pepper and oyle, asa dainty Salletof it felfe, ora little boyled or ftewed: the tafte ofthe herbe being alittle warmingybut thefeede much mores hei pottrg windy ftomackes to digeft their medte, gnto ¢xpeliwindesiro 2 Cuar. XXII. Hippofelinnm,fine Olus atrum. ‘Alifanders. a. ’ A ot His kinde' offyeete Parfley or Smallage, which fecuer you.pleafe to call Lifanders hath beenein formertimes thoughtto be thie true Macedonian Pare fley, and in that errour many docyet continue: but this place giueth not lcaucto difcuffe that doubt. ; bur I muft here only thew you, whatitis, andto what vic it is put ordinarily forithe Kitchen, The leaues of Alifanders are winged or cut into many parts, {omewhat refembling Smallage, but greater, broader, 2 more cut inaboutthe edges : the ftalkesarc round and great two foote high orbet ter, bearing diuers leaues on them, and.atthe toppé fpokiec roundles of white flowers en fcucrall fmall branches, whichturne into blackefeede, fomewhat cornered of OLyiinno. 10 210) 01 93699 ns i 'Cwi'r, XX TREO Petrofolinam or pine (Parley and.Suratledge; nin } od un opi morl3 Ehauethree fortsof Parfley it our Gardens, apd butone of Smalladgey V \ / Our common Parfley, Curld Parfley, and Virgibia Parfley);, which laf, although it bé but oflate knowne,yetit isnow almoft growngcommon, and of as good vie as the other with diners. .Qur.common Parfley is fo well knowne, crefted, ofanaromaticall bitter tafte: the rooteis blacke without, and white within, andabideth wellthe frit year of the fawing; perifhingafter it hath borne feed. thatit is almoft needleffeto deferibe'fr, hauing divers frefhgreenc leaucs,three alwaies The Vfe ofAlifanders, placed together ona ftalke, and faipt about the edges , andthree ftalkesof leaues for the moft part growing togethertthe ftalkes'growe threeor foure foote highor better, Thetops of the rootes, withthe lowerpart of the ftalkes of Alifandets are viedin Lent e{pecially, and Spring ofthe yeare,tomake broth, whic althoughit bea little bitter, yet it is both wholfome; and pleafing roa gictt many; bearinp'fpikie heads of white Aowets, whichtite into mall fede, fomewhat tharpe and hot in'tafte: the rooteis long arid white. | 5 sil lens Curld Parfley hath his leaues curled or crampled of the edges, and therein is the onely difference from the former. 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