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Wild wild rocket
Nick Maclaren wrote or quoted:
Having checked up in Culpeper, CTW, the OED etc., the situation is as follows: The rocket that supermarkets sell has been called rocket or garden rocket (I was wrong about sweet rocket), and is Eruca sativa (Brassica eruca etc.) We all agreed on the last. [...] Interestingly, "blue rocket" has been applied to aconite, delphinium and bluebell (two of which are seriously poisonous), and there are several other non-brassicas called rockets. The term "wild rocket" has been applied to a fair number of them, including at least Sisymbrium officinale, but I believe that the supermarkets have invented it as a marketing term for another variety of Eruca sativa. So there is no reasonable sense in which it is a common name for what the supermarkets are selling, unless I am wrong and they really ARE selling Sisymbrium officinale - and what I saw sold as wild rocket was definitely Eruca sativa ... The identification problem is compounded by the existence of variants of Eruca sativa with Sisymbrium officinale-like forked leaves, and the fact that the supermarkets never include any flowers or buds (:) - but - AFAICT - at least some supermarkets claiming to be selling wild rocket are indeed selling Sisymbrium officinale. Regarding "wild" wild rockets - there are a few of those in hedgerows around here. I've tried some of them, and they taste quite different from the wild rocket that I grow in my garden (though the yellow flowers look the same). They are not as nice tasting - and are stronger. I keep meaning to dig some up and take them home, nontheless... -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
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