Rutabagas And Turnips Quotes & Sayings

It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience. — Claude Monet

Peasant families ate pork, beef, or game only a few times a year; fowls and eggs were eaten far more often. Milk, butter, and hard cheeses were too expensive for the average peasant. As for vegetables, the most common were cabbage and watercress. Wild carrots were also popular in some places. Parsnips became widespread by the sixteenth century, and German writings from the mid-1500s indicate that beet roots were a preferred food there. Rutabagas were developed during the Middle Ages by crossing turnips with cabbage, and monastic gardens were known for their asparagus and artichokes. However, as a New World vegetable, the potato was not introduced into Europe until the late 1500s or early 1600s, and for a long time it was thought to be merely a decorative plant.

"Most people ate only two meals a day. In most places, water was not the normal beverage. In Italy and France people drank wine, in Germany and England ale or beer. — Patricia D. Netzley

I saw Aerosmith, and I was like, 'Wow, you can dress like a girl and still get girls? Hand me a scarf!' — Greg Behrendt

Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge. — Aime Cesaire

I don't diet. There's going to be barbecues and macaroni and cheese - but I'll have broccoli and salad the next day. — Ginnifer Goodwin

I think the freedom to express one's views is more important than intellectual property. — Shepard Fairey

The youth movement is aware that old visions can not take Egypt into the future. — Ahmed Zewail

If Jesus was a baby, there was a point, on that Holiest of nights, in that Holiest of mangers, where he made a big, Holy load. — Dana Gould

Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful. — Don Roff

Gluttony and drunkenness have two evils attendant on them; they make the carcass smart, as well as the pocket. — Marcus Aurelius