Rutabagas/Cabbage Root/Swede/Swedish Turnip/Mangold

[ChrisGreaves]

The Toronto Star Jan 22nd ran a story on Rutabagas a.k.a. Cabbage Root a.k.a. Swede a.k.a. Swedish Turnip a.k.a. Mangold and fed to pigs in the UK I believe.
Pound for pound it costs the same as potatoes here in Toronto.
The supermarket sells it coated in a layer of industrial-grade wax which I could use for lip balm, the temperature drops again.
I have sliced off the top, sliced it into discs about 1 cm thick, peeled off the skin-and-wax, and stored the discs in water in a tub in the fridge.
Each evening I take out a couple of discs, slice them into 1 cm cubes, and boil them, as I would for spuds.
Tastier than spuds.
The Toronto Star of course has rutabaga recipes that include ingredients I’d never dream of buying.
I tried making French fries, but I was not impressed by my efforts. There again I do not have a serious deep fryer to hand.
Apart from soups, stews and mash, what, if anything, do you do with rutabagas?

[John Gray]

I would suspect that they could be fed to cattle, who might well enjoy them.

Compare Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary definition of Oats:
"a cereal which in England is fed to horses, but in Scotland sustains the population."

[HansV]

It's not a vegetable I eat very often, but when I do, it's usually sliced or cubed, then stir-fried, sometimes with some curry powder.

[Rudi]

Apart from soups, stews and mash, what, if anything, do you do with rutabagas?

Soups, stews and mash basically sums up what you can do with a tuber...besides sticking it up your neighbours car exhaust and watching it explode out the back after several starts only to fly into your other neighbours lounge window smashing it into shards ...assuming you stay in the suburbs and not on a farm...

Oh..to get onto point again, here is a list of potential "other" options....though don't get your hopes up too high and it's not like you can stick them into any chocolate cake or doughnut!

BTW: If you have a Pinterest account, the Pineterest link in the article (or if you search Pinterest for Rutabaga Recipes, it will turn up a surprising feast of ideas and options...

[HansV]

it's not like you can stick them into any chocolate cake or doughnut!

Why not?

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[Rudi]

Argh! What a waste of a perfectly useful rutabaga!

[ChrisGreaves]

...besides sticking it up your neighbours car exhaust and watching it explode out the back after ...

Would this also work on FireTrucks from the station to the North of me? It would be a time-critical issue, say, between the hours of 11pm and 6am

[ChrisGreaves]

...then stir-fried, sometimes with some curry powder.

Ah, Thanks.
I'll try that tonight; sounds like just the thing after walking around in this 16F weather ...

[ChrisGreaves]

Argh! What a waste of a perfectly useful rutabaga!

Nonsense!

It's a waste of a perfectly useful turnip!

[Rudi]

Argh! What a waste of a perfectly useful rutabaga!

Nonsense!
It's a waste of a perfectly useful turnip!

Oh Rhubarb, you got me on that one!
What's Hans putting turnips on doughnuts? ??? ?

[ChrisGreaves]

What's Hans putting turnips on doughnuts? ??? ?

(Later) Sorry Rudi.
Were you waiting for me to say "I doughn't know"?

[Rudi]

I was waiting, but I left as you didn't turnip.

[ChrisGreaves]

I was waiting, but I left as you didn't turnip.

I was vegetating in cold storage.
Note how last night was described as "Breezy, Frigid".
In fact, it was so cold last night that midnight was half an hour late in arriving.
Thank heavens for that DVD of The Big Lebowski

[Rudi]

OK, you're excused this time; just to keep the peas!

[ChrisGreaves]

OK, you're excused this time; just to keep the peas!

Let's crank up the volume!

[Rudi]

That's a fast song!