Sacred prince of vegetables or chief of vegetables, by Ibn-al-Awwam, a famous 12th century Andalusian agronomist Spinach owes a lot to the Arabs, who appreciated it, says -on in the image of the Prophet Muhammad. It is thanks to them that the plant arrived in the West.
Spinach is native to Asia, northwest India and Nepal, two related species, which would be the ancestors of the primitive cultivated form.
Spruce, Persian Herb, Stomach Broom, Espinard, Espinal, Espinace or Espinache, several varieties that are commonly called Spinach.
History:"Spinach Day" This name commemorates an episode in the war between Catholics and Protestants in the 16th century.
That day, in Aix-en-Provence, the Catholics of the city went on pilgrimage to the Chapel of Saint-Mars, barefoot and in shirt, as wanted tradition.
Protestants met on the road whipped their legs and sowed spinach seeds on their way, thorny.
In retaliation, the Catholics, furious, delivered the city, held by the Calvinists, to the Count of Carcès.
Popular expression:"To put butter in the spinach" is to obtain additional income to improve your daily life.
Olivier de Serres thus advises to sow either at the end of August, the season of "good sowing of spinach, to eat it during winter and spring", or "as soon as we can, the winter is over" if we sow it in the heart of summer "it's more out of curiosity than for service," he adds.
