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30 minutes ago, Anna N said:Does anybody else wonder why carrots, onions and celery are deemed aromatic?
Yes.
I don't know exactly when, where or why the 'aromatic' descriptor became popular but it's been around a long time.
Source: The Universal Household Assistant: A Cyclopedia of what Everyone Should Know, A. L. Burt, Publisher, New York, 1884.
29 minutes ago, Anna N said:Does anybody else wonder why carrots, onions and celery are deemed aromatic?
Yes.
I don't know exactly when, where or why the 'aromatic' descriptor became popular but it's been around a long time.
Source: The Universal Household Assistant: A Cyclopedia of what Everyone Should Know, A. L. Burt, Publisher, New York, 1884.
21 minutes ago, Anna N said:Does anybody else wonder why carrots, onions and celery are deemed aromatic?
Yes.
I don't know exactly when, where or why the 'aromatic' descriptor became popular but it's been around a long time.
Source: The Universal Household Assistant: A Cyclopedia of what Everyone Should Know, 1884.
