5 facts about Celery 🏛️ In Ancient Rome they believed celery to be an aphrodisiac. People would wear it around their necks to be more passionate and attractive. 🪦 If you’re allergic to celery it is deadly. In fact, in Europe more people are allergic to celery than peanuts! 🍵 Celery has been used as a (not so popular) flavor in things like Jell-O and Dr. Browns Cell-Ray Soda 🥕 It’s in the same family as poison hemlock, carrots and fennel. Except instead of growing a big taproot, it produces huge stems that can grow nearly 10 feet tall! 🗽 At one point celery was so popular in NYC that is was the 3rd most requested item at a restaraunt behind only tea and coffee. #celery #fact #funfacts #plant #crop #garden #didyouknow #educational #roman #rome #nyc #food #foodie #foodblogger #shilohfarm