Cauliflower groups. In the 1st century AD, Pliny included what he called "cyma" among his descriptions of cultivated plants in "Natural History": ""Ex omnibus brassicae generibus suavissima est cyma,"" ("Of all the varieties of cabbage the most pleasant-tasted is "cyma""). Pliny's descriptions likely refer to the flowering heads of an earlier cultivated variety of "Brassica oleracea", but comes close to describing modern cauliflower. It is found in the writings of the Arab botanists Ibn al-'Awwam and Ibn al-Baitar, in the 12th and 13th centuries when its origins were said to be Cyprus. François Pierre La Varenne employed "chouxfleurs" in "Le cuisinier
Celtic antiques on the island of Menorca in his indignation towards the partial destruction of some grinding stones located in a prehistoric site, which happened some years before his book was published. Prologue Introduction Chapter. I Which families or peoples preceded others in populating Menorca? Chapter. II That the Celts from France, from the British Isles and from other places in Europe built several buildings similar to those in Menorca Chapter. III When they started to build talayots on the island: tools and means that were used to do this and what these constructions were destined to be Chapter. IV About circles and pilasters that can be