Kiyomasa Carrots - Kiyomasa Carrots

…Celery salt is a mixture of celery seeds and salt, and is used in fish dishes and soups. Celery is also known as "Kiyomasa carrot" as it was brought back by Kato Kiyomasa, and Ono Ranzan added it to the entry for carrots in his "Honsho Komoku Keimo" (1802), saying that it "grows abundantly at the ruins of Mori Motonari's castle in Hiroshima, Geisha Province." He also said that both the stems and leaves are white, similar to large cnidiums, and that it is not a type of carrot. [Takahashi Bunjiro] [Suzuki Shinichi]. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kiyomasa Carrots" is listed below.

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…セロリソルトはセロリシードを食塩と混合したもので，魚料理やスープに使う。セロリは加藤清正がもち帰ったものとして〈清正にんじん〉の別称があり，小野蘭山は《本草綱目啓蒙》(1802)の中でニンジンの条下にこれを付記し，〈芸州広島毛利元就ノ城跡ニ多ク生ス〉といい，茎，葉ともセンキュウの大きなものに似て白く，ニンジンの類ではないといっている。【高橋 文次郎】【鈴木 晋一】。…

※「清正にんじん」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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