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April 11 - Rutabaga Tips & Trivia:

Used like turnips, good-quality rutabagas will be firm, smooth-skinned and free of blemishes. The coloring will be a deep rust-red that fades to a cream. Avoid product that is soft or spongy, scarred or cut, or has dull coloring.

The rutabaga resulted from a chance hybridization, centuries ago, between cabbage and turnips. The plant is considered by botanists to be in the cabbage family.

The name comes from the Swedes and the most common synonym is Swede or Swede turnips.

OASIS has much more information on cooking roots like rutabagas.

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