Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

I agree!

I must be too then:rofl:

BTW - no waxing of swedes here!

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

I haven't met a root vegetable that I do not like...

As for any wax etc - I peel them all before chopping and cooking.

Brussels Sprouts are a different matter - loathe the things although I do have a kidlet who will eat them raw

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

I'm glad I don't like them, as I refuse to eat something that has a six stage process just to get in the thing.
I do love sprouts though. Mmmm, Bisto on sprouts!

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

I think a rutabaga and a swede is the same thing, a turnip is smaller and purple and a swede is bigger and yellow...
Having said that I come from the poncey south so could be mistaken.

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Isn't that a radish? Turnips are green/white.

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Radishes are small and bright pink I think with white flesh. This is a turnip http://ayeshahaq.files.wordpress.com...apa_turnip.jpg
and this is a swede
http://www.land-care.org.uk/science/...e_soil_big.jpg

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

Hmm, yes, now you mention it they do look familiar. I'm sure the last ones I got were greenish though

<some googling later>

http://www.hub-uk.com/images024/turnips.jpg

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

After asking my OH to get me a turnip on the way home from work once he came home with two tiny little things so thats the only reason I know the difference. On the plus side they don't wax turnips but you do need at least 6 to make a decent mash.

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

There endeth my puzzlement!

I never had any more (than usual) bother cutting swedes here than I ever did back in the UK.

Turnips are definitely a different animal altogether, and yes, I am a southerner :thumbsup:


here is the difference.:thumbup:

I think they are only smaller because they tend to pick young ones ... and the ones with green tops have been allowed to see the air so develop chlorophyll (if recalled correctly from my Biology O level days.....)

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

Waxy Swedes!?..
Canada truly is a vast place..

As for preparing them, I use a knife, a pan & some boiling water & finally a masher..
Good with lot of black pepper, a small pinch of nutmeg & butter..

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

As far as I am concerned, Rutabaga and swede are one and the same thing - biggish root veg with thickish skin and slightly yellow flesh - cube, boil, mash and add lots of salt, pepper butter etc... I personally love it. (essential to make Cornish pasties btw which according to my great-grandma (born in Mousehole - a Cornish woman from birth do death) should contain nothing more than stewing beef/steak, onion, potatoes, swede and salt, pepper, a little flour and some mixed herbs all encased in the pastry)

Turnips are not swede or rutabaga - they are smaller,white fleshed, sometimes with purple tops. Radish are entirely different - very small, red on the outside (unless you mean Daikon - Japanese/oriental radish which is long root shaped and white)

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Isn't that really a kind of turnip though - people just call it a radish cos it sounds posher.

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I remember when I went to buy a swede and saw "Rutabaga", I wondered to myself whether they were the same thing... I had to search wikipedia on my phone...

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I have no idea but it tastes damn good either pickled or in salads... so I dont really care either way...

I am more concerned about the people who insist on putting turnip (or even worse carrot!!!) in Cornish pasties...

that is sacrilege I tell you!

Re: Rutabaga/swede/turnip
 

:huh:Being a Cornish girl my entire life I would have to say it isn't a Cornish pasty if there isn't turnip in it (obviously when I say turnip I mean swede or the bigger one.) In Cornwall the name is 100% interchangeable, I had never even seen the smaller turnip until I came to Canada! It should be, steak, potato, turnip (or swede) onion and lots of good ground pepper. *shakes a fist at Ginsters* I do agree with you about carrot and peas though. :thumbdown:
We have a small british store in town which is headed up by a lovely Northern lady who makes her pasties with ground beef, peas and carrots and has the nerve to say they are Cornish. That's just a meat pie in a half moon shape!