The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 9 - Soups and Ingredients
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Soup a La Canta Tress
The English cultivated scarcely any vegetables before the last two centuries. They came from Holland and Flanders. The original of all the cabbage tribe is the wild plant Sea Colawart, which is to be found wasting whatever sweetness it may have on many of the cliffs of England. In this state it scarcely weighs more than half an ounce; yet in a cultivated state can it be made to grow. It was introduced by that people into Germany, Gaul, and no doubt Britain. Although in this last it may have been suffered to pass into desuitude for some centuries.
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