CELERY

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Celery was the "it" vegetable of the Victorian era - celery tonics claimed to cure everything from overstrained nerves to a sluggish liver, and upper-class Victorians had special dishes for serving and displaying their celery. So how did celery go from fashionable to forgettable? We trace celery's fall from grace and ask the important question: is it poised for a comeback? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Faro is one of my favorite grains to cook with. It's hardy, it's chewy, it's got a rich nutty flavor, and it's an ancient grain.
0:09.0	It was a staple ingredient in which ancient civilization?
0:13.0	Hello?
0:14.0	Hey Tucker.
0:15.0	Hi, Bridget, are we talking about grains again?
0:18.0	Do we talk about anything else?
0:20.0	Now, can you name which ancient civilization used Faro as a staple ingredient?
0:24.3	Faro.
0:25.6	I'm gonna go with somewhere in Italy.
0:28.8	Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
0:30.3	Faro was a mainstay of the daily diet in ancient Rome and it's still popular in Italy today.
0:35.0	Bob's Red Mills, organic faro is very lightly scratched as is traditional and that allows for a faster cooking time.
0:42.0	And you can learn more at Bob's Redmill.com
0:44.4	and use the offer code ATK at checkout
0:46.6	to get 25% off your next purchase.
0:49.9	Chiao Tucker.
0:51.0	Adios. I meant a Reba dearthsti.
0:55.0	Ha ha!
1:00.0	Chef Aguehous Chef Agustus Scaffier is a culinary legend, but for Michelle Ascaffier, he was just great-granddad.
1:09.0	He used to get caught off guard by the big reactions to his last name.
1:12.8	So the chef arrives and the manager says,
1:15.4	oh, may I introduce you to Michelis Coffier,
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