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Posted by Jan in Escarole, Featured Articles, Vegetables on 04 17th, 2009 | 4 Comments

Where exactly IS Batavia?

Where exactly IS Batavia?
Batavian endive up close. Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company, shipwrecked on her maiden voyage (according to Wikipedia). OR a city in Illinois, another city in New York, another in Ohio. Hmm. Somehow I would have thought that Batavian endive originated in Eastern Europe. Escarole, or...
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