Anonymous wrote:At some point in history, someone had a bunch of these vegetables they found in their uncle's plot or they had seeds for and then tried to "market" them and pretend they were "edible". Julia Child added them to recipes. They somehow become not only acceptable but required for some recipes? People! these are just vegetables nobody knew what to do with and they tried it on before feeding it to the pigs.
Am I missing any?
Turnips
Leeks
Fennel
Your knowledge of "food history" is pretty lacking.