"jmcquown" > wrote:

>
>"Nancy Young" <replyto@inemail> wrote in message
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>> On 12/2/2011 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>>> Avoidance is my favorite treatment....there's some strange tang to
>>> rutabagas and turnips that turn me off.
>>
>> It's because they taste like dirt worse than beets. I hear
>> they make fine compost, so they're useful for something.
>>
>> nancy
>
>Rutabegas look waxy to me. I've gotten more adventurous as I get older I
>don't think I want to eat a rutabega.
>

All of the ones I've seen in the market have been dipped in parrafin.
The innards are more of a coarse potato.

While I like both beets and rutabaga, I wouldn't compare their flavor
or texture at all.

Jim