HOLLOW CROWN PARSNIP - 1686
An ancient vegetable similar to the carrot, rich in nutrients and very low in saturated fat.
It is highly valued from a dietary perspective, as 100 grams of root correspond to 22 kcal and contain 12 grams of fiber.
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It is grown like carrots, sown in spring and can be harvested as needed, even after the winter frosts. In fact, it is even better when eaten after the frosts.
In a letter from prison, Antonio Gramsci wrote to his sister-in-law Tania to go to the Ingegnoli Brothers' shop in Piazza del Duomo in Milan to buy "(...) a nice bunch of seeds: 10 carrots, but of the parsnip variety, which is a pleasant memory of my early childhood; in Sassari they sell some that weigh half a kilo (...)"
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