"Nancy Young" <replyto@inemail> wrote in message
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> On 12/3/2011 12:13 PM, George wrote:
>> On 12/2/2011 11:27 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> 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.
>
>> I don't think they have that earthy taste that beets have. They have a
>> sort of broccoli/brussel sprout/cabbage taste.
>
> Oh, I love all those vegetables. Cooked, raw, however.
>
> I have a loathing for rutabagas and turnips that's only rivaled
> by my dislike of liver. Okay, liver's worse.
>
> To each their own, of course, maybe I have some rutabaga
> tasting gene that makes them taste horrid to me. Like Jill said,
> my mother would put them in beef stew disguised as potatoes, oh
> that moment when you realized it wasn't what you expected. Blech.

To me, turnip and rutabaga are totally different flavours. Turnip makes me
feel sick and can flavour a whole meal. Rutabaga has a nice sweet taste to
it.

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