🌱 The vegetable world's ugly duckling: The Celeriac 😅

Greet celeriac, the unsung frog prince of winter vegetables. Pare off its warty exterior and you'll uncover the royal vegetable within: a perfect, ivory-fleshed, winter alternative to potatoes and other starches. In Europe, the Celeriac is a historic favorite. The vegetable's most classic employment is in the cold French salad "celerie remoulade." It also had medicinal and religious uses in many early civilizations, including those of Egypt, Greece and Italy. Admittedly, celeriac does have a couple of slight drawbacks. If you are going to grow it, it is a rather long-season plant, clocking in at about 112 days from seeding. It's also rather odd-looking, but still adorbs! 😍🍃

🌱 FRESH FACTS: Celeriac did not become an important vegetable until the Middle Ages. It was first recorded as a food plant in France in 1623, and was commonly cultivated in most of Europe by the end of the 17th century. Also known as celery root, knob celery and turnip-rooted celery. 🌿