Talk:Chicory

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Obviously root chicory has not been used as a coffee subtitute since "The Middle Ages," which refers to Europe from around 800-1200 CE, and coffee wasn't introduced to Europe until well after that. Anyone happen to have a source handy for when/where this vegetable began getting mixed into coffee?L Glidewell 21:11, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

No idea, but it wasn't since the Middle Ages. Changed the wording on the article page to something much more ambiguous, "a long time." Thanks for catching this, feel free to edit out pure nonsense yourself in articles. KP Botany 21:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Bob Evans coffee has chicory in it!!!

[edit] Is the term "weed" really applicable here?

Is the term "weed" truly applicable to chicory? It does, indeed, have value, including aesthetic as well as culinary (and some might say medicinal but I am not knowledgeable enough about this to state for certain). Also, I can't say that I have ever seen chicory that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of a desired crop. If anything, they tend to grow on roadsides or recently cleared, barren, gravely land where few other plants would grow.

Is there not a better term to use in the sentence that is referring to how it has become a common roadside "weed" in America? How about just "plant?"

weed1 –noun 1. a valueless plant growing wild, esp. one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop. 2. any undesirable or troublesome plant, esp. one that grows profusely where it is not wanted: The vacant lot was covered with weeds. 3. Informal. a cigarette or cigar. 4. Slang. a marijuana cigarette. 5. a thin, ungainly person or animal. 6. a wretched or useless animal, esp. a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes.

"weed." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 27 Jul. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/weed>.

Kestrelinden 15:42, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ethnomedical uses

I've added a fact tag and deleted the mention of children. I'm wary of uncited information about home remedies for children. Kroyw 18:39, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chicory.

Lead....

Confirmed in several books, including REaders Digest Encylopedia on Herbs...

"Ancient roman therapy for liver problems..."

Really works !!!!

--Caesar J. B. Squitti  : Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti 22:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I see you already have a reference to it.

Perhaps it can be more stated ?

--Caesar J. B. Squitti  : Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti 17:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)