Things you DON'T eat?

[Happygoin]

Parsnips can be a dieter's biggest ally. Boiled and puréed, they thicken soups so they taste quite creamy, without adding any cream.

I've never had rutabagas. What do they taste like?

[Jody]

To me rutabaga has a nutty, earthy flavor. If you like sweeter veggies, cook an few carrots to mash into the rutabaga.

I make a wonderful rutabaga bisque with bourbon.

[Sandy M]

Thanks, Anne - if I would have been half way smart, I would have checked Google translate before I posted the question!!

Ellen, I'm going to try the carrots and parsnips - sounds good! Another good combination is potatoes and rutabagas boiled together then mashed and add butter - very tasty. I use three times potatoes to rutabagas and start the rutabagas boiling first as it takes them longer to cook.

Sandy M

[Happygoin]

Um, demarais...can you fax some of that rutabaga bisque with bourbon on over for my lunch please?

(Sounds really great for a cold New England night!)

[mossie]

I thought cooking and eating swedes was called cannibalism
Actually mashed swede is very acceptable and quite sweet. Can of course, like all vegetables, be eaten raw. We used to as kids when we scrumped them from the fields.

And the dish is "toad in THE hole", excellent with a properly cooked Yorkshire pud.

[Ellen]

Swedes, (or turnip ) as we call them here, were a life saver to many in famine times here in Ireland. I actually hated them until my dh persuaded me to try them mashed with butter, quite nice actually.
Oooh! Mossie why did you mention Yorkshire pud?, I'm longing for some now. I remember when I was little my nan used to make the most delicious onion gravy and pour it inside her gigantic Yorkshires. Then again that was in Yorkshire, I can't get the mine right when I try , though my sons say there ok . I get an awful ribbing off my dh as he says I'm from Yorkshire it should be in the genes, I did come to Ireland when I was 8 .

[Megan]

Sept 30, 2008 6:36:56 GMT -5 Roniece said:

oooh yes!!!!!!! my Mom used to do that for us in New Zealand.... mmmm........ so tasty!!!!!!!!!
Megan, I'm sure would know about this tasty dush!!

Give me raw beef, raw fish, offal, pigs trotters, rotten corn, kina, oysters, anything BUT Parsnips . I cannot stand them and have had many a trick pulled on me as a child to get me to eat them - mashed , cooked like chips, hidden in pies, pureed in soup - I can taste them and DO NOT LIKE THEM !!!! Sorry Matey you are on your own on that one !!!!