Pfatterer turnip
Pfatterer beets are a special form of turnips . They are named after the municipality of Pfatter in Bavaria , where they were grown. Older names are: Pfetter beets, Pfäter beets, Pfäder beets. The Pfatterer beet is a derivative of Rübsens ( Brassica rapa ), and closely related to the Turnip , the Bavarian turnip , the Teltow turnips and turnip .
description
The Pfatterer turnip, like the Bavarian turnip and the Teltower turnip, is the turnip form of the turnip ( Brassica rapa subsp. Rapa ) and is closely related to the autumn, water, stubble or stubble beet. As with other Brassica species, the seeds are round and reddish brown to black. The flowers are yellow, similar to those of rape, the leaves are strongly divided. It has a white beet skin and a white, firm beet that does not disintegrate when cooked and has a spicy taste.
history
The Pfatterer turnip was first mentioned around 1500 by Ladislaus Sunthaym , the court historian Emperor Maximilian I , in his work "Das Donauthal". “Pfäter, ain gros dorf, turnips grow well there, called Pfaterer turnips.” (Pfatter, a large village, good turnips grow there, called Pfatterer turnips.) Up until the end of the 19th century, no recipe with this beet was allowed in any cookbook absence. This is also the case in the Complete Nuremberg Cookbook of 1691. It was recently rediscovered and examined by Haseloff in a diploma thesis.
Cultivation and harvest
The Pfatterer beets can be built in both fallow and stubble fields. The best and tastiest Pfatterer beets can be found in the stubble fields. They love a sandy soil, which gives them a special taste. When the winter grain is harvested, the field is worked as if it were to be planted. The seeds are then sown with three fingers and then gently incorporated. The seed sprouts within 8 to 10 days. The beet does not need any care while it is growing. From the end of October, the beets can be harvested using a so-called beet picker. You should leave as much soil on the beets as possible, this makes storage over the winter easier. Today the Pfatterer beet is only grown by a single farmer from Pfatter.
use
Only the beet is used. In the classic preparation they are steamed and eaten with boiled pork.
swell
- ^ Yearbook for patriotic history: Volume 1, page 287.
- ↑ H. Haseloff, diploma thesis - The Bavarian turnip an almost extinct turnip, depicted according to old literature sources, TU-Munich, Weihenstephan, 2002.
- ^ Weekly newspaper of the agricultural association in Bavaria, Volume XIX, No. 45 August 1829.