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The ''couch potato'' is an idler, the ''cabbage-head'' a dunce, Swede-bashers are stupid and you may as well give up life if you become a vegetable. A vegetable existence may imply dull monotony, but the human vegetable has sparked protests, threatened to topple a British government and almost triggered a revolution. From the Scottish Presbyterian campaign against the ''sinful potato'' to the class act that turned the carrot into a propaganda tool, from garlic inscriptions on Egyptian pyramids to Neolithic broad beans and medieval cabbage, and from the Dig for Victory campaign to their use in perfumes, The Curious History of Vegetables shows vegetables in a fascinating new light.

The Curious History of Vegetables

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The ''couch potato'' is an idler, the ''cabbage-head'' a dunce, Swede-bashers are stupid and you may as well give up... Read more

    Publisher: The History Press Ltd
    Publication Date: 9/26/2024
    ISBN13: 9781803997155, 978-1803997155
    ISBN10: 180399715X

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    The ''couch potato'' is an idler, the ''cabbage-head'' a dunce, Swede-bashers are stupid and you may as well give up life if you become a vegetable. A vegetable existence may imply dull monotony, but the human vegetable has sparked protests, threatened to topple a British government and almost triggered a revolution. From the Scottish Presbyterian campaign against the ''sinful potato'' to the class act that turned the carrot into a propaganda tool, from garlic inscriptions on Egyptian pyramids to Neolithic broad beans and medieval cabbage, and from the Dig for Victory campaign to their use in perfumes, The Curious History of Vegetables shows vegetables in a fascinating new light.

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