One of the stranger sessions in a film theory class I took at university was analysing David Lynch’s Eraserhead, an experimental horror film in which the protagonist is plagued by a bulbous baby-like blob (also, some pretty wild hair). Every time I see a celeriac bulb, I’m reminded of that film – bulbous-baby-blob and wild hair combined.
At first glance you may be forgiven for assuming that it is the root of the “celery root” (another name for it) you’re eating, but it is actually an engorged celery bulb – more stem than leaf – and the actual roots are the worm-like tendrils tucked up around its base!
