1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Foodstuff. I'm Any Rees and I'm 2 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: Lauren Fogelbaum, and today we're talking about Celery. Everyone clicks away, Nope, no, 3 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: stick around. It's really interesting, is It's surprisingly fascinating. The 4 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: history is great. Yeah, that's one of the reasons we're 5 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: talking about it because, as you may know, we recently 6 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: went to Asheville, North Carolina. We went to the Biltmore 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: House and I can't personally remember this, but people told 8 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: us afterwards that there were fancy Celery dishes in the 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: Builtmore House. Yeah, and we needed to know more. Yeah. Also, yeah, 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: I can't find any records of these fancy Celery dishes online, 11 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: any any photos or anything like that. But for the 12 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: first guests that the built More entertained in over Christmas, 13 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: celery was high on the list of supply is to 14 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: have on hand, along with a honey, black walnuts, chestnuts, eggs, fish, 15 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: and lobsters. It's an interesting assortment of things. All right. Well, 16 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: let's ask the question, then, shall we? Yes? Start as 17 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: we usually do, um salary, What is it the healthy 18 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: part of your order of wings? A vehicle for peanut 19 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: butter in the case of ants, on a log of sure, 20 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: something stuffed inside your Thanksgiving turkey, a garnish for a 21 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: bloody mary in your favorite old Bay seasoning, one of 22 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: the Holy Trinity in the French mer poix. All of 23 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: those things. Yes, also super producer Dylan's second least favorite 24 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: food get behind cucumber. We'll have to find out the third, 25 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: and that will be coming. Yeah, salary is the thing 26 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: that I use a lot. Is I've said before in 27 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: the show, I can't have I shouldn't eat like onion 28 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: or bell pepper um so a lot of the time. 29 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: When I start, if I'm cooking a dish, my my 30 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: base layer of vegetation is chopped celery and carrot to 31 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: give everything a little bit of a flavor. Yeah. Yeah, 32 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: like celery. I feel like it's a good absorber. Yeah, 33 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: and adds some water. It's nice and flavorful in a 34 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: way that I personally like. It's okay, but not I 35 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: know many people who dislike celery. Yeah, I would have 36 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: to say, uh, most people I know are not fans. 37 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: I don't like eating it raw, but I think it anyway. 38 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: Celery is an aromatic green or green yellow vegetable in 39 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: the species Apium graviolens. Different varietals of celery have been 40 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: developed for three distinct culinary parts. Uh dult say, for 41 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: the firm stocks that we often encounter here in the 42 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: United States, set a lineum for the more tender stocks 43 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: and leaves. Primarily for the leaves, this is also called 44 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: small age or confusingly wild celery, although it's not truly wild, 45 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: but it is the closest to the original wild celaries, 46 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: and to make things even easier, not true, truly wild 47 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: celaries are also sometimes called small edge. Yeah thanks humans. Yeah, 48 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: that confused me for a good minute. It's okay. The 49 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: third variety is rapasium, grown for the white root and 50 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: is also called celariac, though celariac isn't really a root. 51 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: It's actually a bulb as stem that grows half in 52 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: and half out of the ground. A lot of clarity here, yeah, 53 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: yep um. The stalks are prized for their crunch in 54 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: their fiber, the leaves for their tenderness, and the celariac 55 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: for its a starchy creaminess. Another culinary part of the 56 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,119 Speaker 1: celery plant, though, is its seeds, commonly ground and used 57 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: as a spice or as the celery part of celery salt. 58 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, makes sense. And all of these parts have 59 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: a like fresh herbal, green, savory, nutty sweet sort of flavor. 60 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: All can be eaten fresh and raw, but um generally 61 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: maybe aside from the seeds become kind of like melty 62 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: soft when they're cooked, the stalks and leaves can disappear 63 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: into almost nothing, and the root, as Scare quotes, root 64 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: behaves a little bit like like a parsnipper. Carrot also 65 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: wants to include this quote from the New World Encyclopedia. 66 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: Celeriac is not as popular as other root vegetables, especially 67 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: in the Western hemisphere, very possibly because of its garish 68 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: appearance before cleaning. It has been described as a vegetable octopus. 69 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: But if you've if you've never seen one, that the 70 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: true roots of this root grow down off of the 71 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: bottom half of the bulb. And and yeah, it looks 72 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: a little bit squitty. Really Yeah, Oh that's so cool, 73 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: kind of kind of cuthului. Yeah, there's a fun there, 74 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: and I'm going to come up with it later. Excellent. 75 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: The family that's Larry belongs to M. Bellafers is chalk 76 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: full of poisonous plants, including water hemlock, which is what 77 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: killed Socrates. It's also the family that gives us parsley, 78 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: human parsnip, and coriander so net positive net positive celery 79 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: or celeries wild ancestors anyway. Um is native to the Mediterranean, 80 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: but nowadays it's grown in um North America and temperate Europe. 81 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: Small edge is grown in the Mediterranean and Asia, and 82 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: you can find wild types all over from Algeria to 83 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: New Zealand to India and in the US, California is 84 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: the biggest producer. And I read a lot about seasonality 85 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: when it comes to celery. It's best in the U 86 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: S and November to December, and that that's one of 87 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: the reasons it probably shows up in a lot of 88 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: holiday dishes and soups around here. Yeah, it's a cool 89 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: weather crop for sure. Yeah, but this means that the 90 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: rest of the year UM, a lot of us are 91 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: probably eating bad celery, either bad celery like subpar cellery 92 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: or cellery that has been shipped so far. Right. Yeah, 93 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: that came up all lot when I was researching this, 94 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: and it's kind of made me want to rethink my 95 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: celery consumption. Yeah yeah, kind of. Yeah. Nutrition wise, it's 96 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: pretty healthy as six calories per stock, but that's before 97 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: you loaded up with ranch or peanut butter, what have you. Um, 98 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: it's got a good amount of fiber and vitamin C, 99 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: also vitamins K and A plus A full late and potassium. 100 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: Celariac adds a bit of protein and vitamin B six 101 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: to the mix. Celery seed is probably not something you're 102 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: going to eat enough of to really make a difference 103 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: either way, but as you would expect from a seed, 104 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: it's got some fat and some protein, plus calcium and iron. 105 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: A small subset of people are allergic to celery and 106 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: um it can provoke as severe reaction as peanuts. I 107 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: haven't heard of this. Apparently it's big and um the 108 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: allergy is most common in Central Europe. Yeah. Also, celery stalks, leaves, seeds, 109 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: and root have all been investigated intensely for possible medicinal 110 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: uses because well, A, there's historical context, but B it 111 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: contains just a lot of compounds that have been earmarked 112 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: as potentially beneficial, like lots of antioxidants which can prevent 113 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: oxidative damage to your cells, which can help prevent stuff 114 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: like cardiovascular diseases and cancer. And then there's apigenin, which 115 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: has been shown to reduce inflammation and promote immune system 116 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: balance in mice. It also may stimulate the growth and 117 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: development of nerve cells in the brain, also in mice. Uh. 118 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: Celery seed extracts have been shown to help lower blood 119 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: pressure in hypertensive rats. And there's a flavonoid called lutolin 120 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: that in the lab has been shown to make cancer 121 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: cells more susceptible to chemotherapy chemicals. There's a lot going 122 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: on there, there is. But wait, there's more. What uh, 123 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: there's some human evidence. Finally we get to humans. Um 124 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: that extracts of celery may help relieve menstrual discomfort and 125 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: can work as a mosquito repellent. Oh man, I could 126 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: have used that a couple of weekends ago. I think 127 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: I got seventy plus mosquito bar Oh my goodness. I mean, 128 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,119 Speaker 1: I mean bug spray also works. Is the thing? Don't 129 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: fall asleep outside kids, No, don't well, at least not 130 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: without planning to. Yeah, that's better. Yeah, And it's it's 131 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: like you'd have to like salary all around me. No, 132 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: you really have to like like like either yeah, like 133 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: like getting extract and rub it on your skin. It's 134 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: not just celery. It's not like garlic for vampires. Yes, 135 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: you would have smelled of celery. Dylan would have hated you. 136 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: Dylan could never hate It's true, it's true. He's agreeing um. 137 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: But yeah, the the jury is still way out on 138 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: all of this UM. And that goes double or even 139 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: double plus for for anything else that's Celery is used 140 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: to to treat um. If you want to incorporate more 141 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: salary into your diet, go for it, but check with 142 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: the doctor before taking it or its extracts in medicinal amounts. UM. 143 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: It can also interfere with some drugs, like those that 144 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: increase your sensitivity to sunlighten some sedatives. So yeah, just 145 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: before you take anything in medicinal doses, maybe check with 146 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: the doctor. Oh yeah, make sure you're doing it right. 147 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: You're not adicinal podcast, not at all, Nope, for more 148 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: food and pun category. If that was a category on iTunes, 149 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: that's where we would be. It would be the only one. 150 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: Well no, no, not at all, No, not at all, 151 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: but would be it would be among great companies, would 152 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: be among excellent companies. I would serve them my best salary. 153 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. The average American does eat about six 154 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: pounds of celery a year. I'm going to assume a 155 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: lot of that is cooked into other things, maybe a 156 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: side buffalo wings. I don't know side buffalo wings or 157 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: peanut butter related share. I eat a lot of ants 158 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: on logs, which is an excuse to eat more peanut butter. 159 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: But I do eat the celery. And celery juice is 160 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: apparently a really big trend right now. I did not 161 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: go down this rabbit hole. I think it's for all 162 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: those potential medicinal benefit things. I gotta say, celery juice. 163 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: I'll try it, but as an ingredient and other vegetable juice. 164 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: Still and agrees with you so hard he's out there 165 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: to shake in his head. Just noop, I'm intrigued. I'm intrigued. 166 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: But it sounds more like something i'd want to baste 167 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: a chicken in than something that I'm wanting to drink myself. Yeah, 168 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: I don't know. It is bright green. It's like brighter 169 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: green celery is, at least in pictures I saw, which 170 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: makes me a little bit suspicious anyway, And I see 171 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: you photoshop Instagram, Lauren does she sees right through you. Um, 172 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: speaking of suspicious things, Celery does have some suspicious things 173 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: in its history, which we're going to talk about. But 174 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: first we're going to take a quick break for a 175 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: word from our sponsor, and we're back. Thank you sponsored, Yes, 176 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: thank you. Celery, as you might imagine, is way old, 177 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: really old, really really old, but the evidence is really 178 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: hard to come by. Archaeologists found some celery seeds and 179 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: four thousand BC Sweden, which suggests that possibly people were 180 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: trading with it. Maybe by fifth century CE. A different 181 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: type of celery called small age was present in China. 182 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: And thank you confusus for writing things down about small age. 183 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: Very helpful. Yes, future podcasters tip our hats to you. 184 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: Ancient Egyptians gathered up celery, but more for the seeds, 185 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: which they used for seasoning, and ancient Greeks preferred it 186 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: more for medicinal purposes, but they did use it. Culinarily 187 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: that those wild celaries, that the small age types that 188 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: were around at the time were much more better than 189 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: today's celery. Oh yes, In ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and 190 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: ancient China, celery was used as a medicine, particularly for 191 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: hangovers and afros, also to control hysteria. Yeah the bank goodness, Yes, 192 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: I'll remember that next time. The Greeks and Romans used 193 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: the leaves as part of the crowns worn by victorious athletes, 194 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: and we know that too thanks to plenty. Is it plenty? 195 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: I've forgotten it's plenty, yes ha. King Tut's tomb contained 196 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: a celery leaf reef, and celery appeared in Homer's the 197 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: Odyssey Parsley. Celery is close relative as a much more 198 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: defined history as an ancient food stuff. Um. It was 199 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: also kind of related. We used to prevent intoxication, so 200 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: I can't wait to do some research on parstly, and 201 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: because we love a good superstition around here. The ancient 202 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: Egyptians thought that under certain circumstances, salary brought you very 203 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: bad fortune. I couldn't find what those circumstances were or 204 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: what type of bad fortunate it might be, so beware, 205 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: beware vaguely. In ancient Greece, celery was viewed as holy, 206 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: a byproduct of the blood of cad Milos, and was 207 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: associated with the cult of death, in part because of 208 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: the dark leaf color, and because of that, it was 209 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: common to bury the dead with the wreath of celery. 210 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: Celsus described celery see pills that were used for pain 211 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: relief in thirty c E. And the oldest written instance 212 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: of the word celleray. The French root of the modern 213 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: word celery is from ninth century c E and a 214 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: poem espousing its medicinal value, and it sounds like quite 215 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: the poem. It's one of those plant words that is 216 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: basically always just meant celery, like pretty straightforwardly, with no 217 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: other roots root words. That is, the English words small age. Meanwhile, 218 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: comes from a combination of small um and another French 219 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: word for celery, hush, which roots from the Latin for 220 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: b and indicates that bees totally dug celery and parsley flowers. 221 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: These they're still one of my favorite. Oh yeah, we've 222 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: talked about on this show, and the time I can 223 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: talk about a b we are in. It seems as 224 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: though for a long time celery was seen as medicinal only, 225 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: not a food thing you would eat, not on purpose. Now. 226 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: An Italian text from the fourteenth century CE described celery 227 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: has quote rank course and poisonous. Celery appeared in gardens 228 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: in Italy and Northern Europe in the sixteenth century, but 229 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: it was certainly still viewed as a curative and not 230 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: a food. In sixty three, France produced the first written 231 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: record of celery as a food thing, but primarily as 232 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: a flavoring, which is what it was relegated to for 233 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: about a century. But by the mid seventeenth century French 234 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: and Italians might eat celery with a little bit of dressing, 235 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: and most likely this was a smaller, tougher, probably more 236 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: better celery. It wasn't until the late seventeenth and early 237 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: eighteenth century that gardners started to hone growing techniques to 238 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: improve upon celery. Yeah, that did cover the celeries growing 239 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: leaf stocks with soil which created these paler, less better stocks. Yes, 240 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: and this made the flavor less overpowering and better for salads. 241 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: But this also made celery more expensive, which means that yes, 242 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: this new and improved celery was a rich people food. 243 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: It was also seen as a food to beef up 244 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: other dishes, which I find interesting since it's still sort 245 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: of is seen that way, and also maybe as part 246 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: of a hang or cure, which again it is still 247 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: sort of seeing that in eighteenth century Sweden, wealthy families 248 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: stored celery in their cellars during the winter, and now 249 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: that rich folks were enjoying celery and the flavor was 250 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: less punch you in the face. It's spread pretty quickly. 251 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: By eighteen or six, there were four varieties in the 252 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: United States. Um By the late eighteen hundreds, Dutch immigrants 253 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: to Michigan, we're growing celery in the area, earning Kalamazoo 254 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: Michigan the nickname Celery City. Turns out though, some of 255 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: that strong flavor lingered, and in the nineteenth century US 256 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: and Europe it was believed you needed to bleach the 257 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: green bits to get rid of the bitterness. Yeah, but 258 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: let's go back to that rich people and sell everything. 259 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, this is great. This is another reason why 260 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: it might be part of holiday meals, because it was 261 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: seen as a luxury saved for special occasions. It was 262 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: the centerpiece of the meal. And like literally, it was 263 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: served in a glass celery vase, so diners could take 264 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: in the full beauty as they ate. No self respecting 265 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: well to do Victorian household would be caught without a 266 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: celery vase. And from about the eighteen thirties to the 267 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: nineteen hundreds, celery appeared in numerous recipes, often as a standalone. 268 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: The star plain celery in quotes. Plain celery was an 269 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: item on a menu at many luxurious hotels. It was 270 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: served in the first class cabin of the Titanic. There 271 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: was also a celery dish, like a dish specifically designed 272 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: for celery to display its beauty. UM. And this was 273 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: along with your celery vase, which was it kind of 274 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: looked like a butter dish, like longer yeah for for celery. Yeah. 275 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: They people would soak the celery in chilled water before 276 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 1: serving to to make it as crisp as possible. Once 277 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: you put it into your celery vase, UM, and you 278 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: you just eat it plain, like dipped in salt. I 279 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 1: want to become a really just strange dinner party host. 280 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna bring back the cellery. You're gonna have your pineapple, Yeah, 281 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: it's the pineapple. Gonna have my tomato plant, and it's 282 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: gonna have a sign like poisonous. I love it. But 283 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 1: alas the market got over saturated with celery vases, they 284 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: were like not cool anymore. Man um From the Steward's 285 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: Handbook and Guide to Party Catering, the tall cellary glasses 286 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: set upon the table formed the handiest and handsomest medium, 287 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: but having become so exceedingly common, they are discarded at 288 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: present at fashionable tables, and the celery is laid upon 289 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: very long and narrow dishes. Exceedingly common. Celary was still 290 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: popular though, and in England it became common to have 291 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: celery along with your cheese. Course. Celler was also see 292 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: and as a good palate cleanser after fish was basically 293 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: always served with palate cleansing relish trays. And this is 294 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: probably where that tradition of celery being on the side 295 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: of that fanciest of foods, buffalo wings, probably comes from. 296 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: I do like it as alongside buffalo wings. I feel 297 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: like it gives a nice maybe the palate cleansing. That's 298 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: something that's very opposite of what I'm eating right right, 299 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: and it's sort of it's sort of like a nice break, yeah, 300 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: and you dip it in the blue cheese sauce. It's 301 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: like a cool to the hot. Oh. Other than as 302 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: a palate cleanser, sort of the opposite of a palate cleanser. 303 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: I suppose it was also frequently served all gratin baked 304 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: into like celery cheese casseroles, and around this time China 305 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: started to cultivate a leafier type of celery better for soups, 306 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: now sometimes called Chinese celery, while the Europeans cultivated a 307 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: much crunchier variety, and by the early nineteen hundreds, celery 308 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: stuffed with cream cheese was served in the West as 309 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: either a salad course or a very formal dinner cheese course. 310 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: Formal dinner cheese course. Times have changed, they certainly have, yes, 311 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: by the by the middle of the twentieth century, it 312 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: was more or less I mean, it had gone through 313 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: that thing that kind of like aspects and a lot 314 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: of other things went through where it became. It went 315 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: from being very fancy to we're trying to be fancy 316 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: to have it in your lunch kids, right, Although I 317 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: have noticed semi recently, maybe more a couple of years ago, 318 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: but that um, like a pure aid salary was pretty 319 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: popular salary route specifically probably yeah, yeah, at fancy places. So, 320 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: I mean it's delicious if you know you're into that 321 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: sort of thing, yeah, and if you're not, no judgment, 322 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: no judge what you like, what you like. But that 323 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: is our crash course on salary. I don't know, you're 324 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: so working on it, that's okay, Yeah, I'll come. There's 325 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: a Casulu celery stock pun in there. The Celery Stalks 326 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: at Midnight was the name was the name of a 327 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: children's book for the nineties. In the nicular series. Yeah, 328 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: you were like a creepy celery. The vernicular series was 329 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: about this rabbit that the the cat and dog in 330 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: the house thought was a vampire rabbit. Um and oh yeah, 331 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: and it like it would like it would like suck 332 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 1: the life out of vegetables, not not people, just vegetables. 333 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: So the selary was in mortal danger. Yeah. Oh no, 334 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: I've got to read this friend now. Oh man, Yeah, 335 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: that makes me pretty happy. We can find you a copy. Excellent. 336 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: And that about brings us to the end of this episode. 337 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: But not quite no, because first we're going to take 338 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: one more quick break for a word from our sponsor 339 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: and we're back. Thank you, sponsor, Yes, thank you. Alright, 340 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 1: So this brings us to listener ma. It was a 341 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: it was a full moon oh okay. Yeah, it was 342 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: like a werewolf thing. So it wasn't appropriate for the vampire. 343 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: Oh that's okay. But it was Sami related, you know, 344 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: similar imagery. I do, I can't um. Troy wrote, it 345 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: was an interesting coincidence that you mentioned Kurlansky's book Cod 346 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: and Your Cut episode because I just finished his second book, 347 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: Salt on audiobook. After hearing all of this about cod 348 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: and how it used to be the ubiquitous white fish, 349 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: I started thinking about my hometown in Homer, Alaska, which 350 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: is known for its halibut fishing scene. People come from 351 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: all over to catch halibut that can easily be over 352 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: three hundred pounds. We also have the yearly Halibut Derby, 353 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 1: where hopeful fishers can purchase tickets at local businesses. If 354 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: you purchase a ticket, you can submit the weight of 355 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: your catch in hopes of being the largest of the season. 356 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: Are hunt for previously tagged fish to win cash prizes. 357 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: It's expensive to buy because of that I demand, but 358 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: in the home, vacuum packed frozen plays are often traded 359 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: around between friends and family because of their sheer size 360 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: being too much for one person. Much like with cod, beer, 361 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 1: battered halibut and chips is in particular very popular. That 362 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: sounds good. It does sound good. See when I first said, 363 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: halibut Derby is like halibut racing. What you ride a halibut? 364 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: And how do sit? I'm like buying my ticket right now, 365 00:23:56,040 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: this is still cool. But no, it's not racing. Oh, 366 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: it's okay, it's okay. It's still called a halibut derby. 367 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: That's yeah, that's pretty awesome. Yes, Julia wrote, among other things, 368 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: as to the Goblin Market, from a literary perspective, I 369 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: interpreted the Goblin Market to be a tavern, a place 370 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: where Victorian women weren't supposed to go. As to the affliction, 371 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: perhaps it was love or shame inspiring her sister to 372 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: go and also suffer the shame so that her and 373 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: her sister could commiserate. Also, there's a series of books 374 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: by Shannon McGuire called the October Day Series. In one 375 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: of the books, October, who is half human half Faye, 376 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: becomes addicted to goblin fruit, which, while harmful and magically 377 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: addictive to humans, is merely a sleep aid to the 378 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: full blooded fae. The book touches on human rights themes 379 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 1: as it talks about the dangers the substance poses to 380 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: part fay people, who are often regarded as second class 381 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: citizens with no regards to their welfare. Another common fantasy 382 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: motif is the idea of fairy food, which is magically 383 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: glamored food that when consumed by humans makes all other 384 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: foods inedible. When humans try to smuggle this out of 385 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: the magical realms of fairy, it loses its glamour and 386 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 1: turns into toadstools and other such noxious things. It's sometimes 387 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 1: used as a means to entrap humans into leaving the 388 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: real world for fairy to act as servants and slaves 389 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: to the fae. In one series, one of the heroine's 390 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: friends is tricked into eating fairy food and must cross 391 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 1: the boundary regularly or starved to death. The author in 392 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: this series was clearly playing off of the common scenario 393 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: of human trafficking, where people are gotten addicted to drugs 394 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,719 Speaker 1: and removed from their hometowns. And I'll support so they 395 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: can be exploited because of their addictions and the shame 396 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: associated with it. Sorry that got so dark, but fairy 397 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: tales are often vehicles for exploring darker motifs in literature, 398 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: and it seemed a necessary mentioned when considering the Goblin market. Yeah, 399 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: I hadn't like put it together, but when I read this, 400 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: I was thinking that I have seen that kind of 401 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: a lot. Oh absolutely, Yuah. It shows up in the 402 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: series Jonathan Strange and Mr noral Um and also in 403 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: Neil Gaiman's stardust Um a little bit. Yeah, dealing with 404 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: with that, with those those fruits in that addiction, and 405 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: how how you deal with that and the human human 406 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: slave trade. The fair always backs in Shakespeare's times. Shakespeare 407 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: at least at least I recently went on a whole 408 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: rabbit hole about the Chronicles of Narnia that I won't 409 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: go into. But because of that, I went on a 410 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: different rabbit hole about when children's books became a thing 411 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: and when because most fairy tales did start off as 412 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: very dark and then they were sort of whitewashed a 413 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: little bit. Yeah, yeah, because I think his victorians were like, 414 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: oh yeah, and also sort of literally whitewashed. He thanks racism, yea. 415 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: But on a have your note. I am excited to 416 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: do another episode that was really fun fictional fantasies and 417 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: if I come up with a good title for it 418 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: yet and I are another reading of a fairy tale 419 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: or other fiction. Yeah, no, we don't have a good 420 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: title for it. We'll come up with pine well, well, 421 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: working on it, But in the meantime, if you have 422 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: ideas for that, say, especially in the public domain, please 423 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: send them our way. 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