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Rampion

Fruit and Vegetables
Historic

The boiled young roots of the bellflower, Campanula rapunculus.


Campanula rapunculus
Image: Jean-Pol Grandmont



Original Receipt in 'Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets' by John Evelyn (Evelyn 1699)

52. Rampion, Rapunculus, or the Esculent Campanula : The tender Roots eaten in the Spring, like those of Radishes, but much more Nourishing.






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