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Purple Top Turnips. Not Just Animal Fodder.
It took me awhile to find purple top turnip inspiration. I sat, pen in hand, blank paper in front of me, and……nothing. I tried saying “TURNIP” out loud, hoping that might awaken some hidden enthusiasm. Googling for purple top turnips reveals that most of the turnips in the world are grown as forage for cattle. [...]
Rutabaga Retraction!
Dear Readers,
Although I’m a “vegetable ignoramus,” I do strive for accuracy in my veggie posts. Last week I wrote about rutabagas and told you I found it difficult to tell rutabagas apart from purple top turnips. Turns out, my confusion was worse than I thought. The picture I posted and labeled as rutabagas was actually [...]
Rutabaga. Fruit of Subterranean Darkness.
At first I was going to title this post, “Rutabaga, It’s Not a Turnip,” a quote from Andrea Cheesman’s The Garden Fresh Vegetable Cookbook. But it didn’t quite give the rutabaga its due. While a wonderful veggie resource, in her section on rutabagas, Andrea seemed unable to mask her lack of enthusiasm for this week’s [...]
