On Mon 07 Nov 2005 08:56:34a, Janet Bostwick wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> snip
>> I enjoy raw turnips, especially rutabagas... cut into sticks they make
>> great crudites for dips... but can't stand them cooked. I usually add
>> a small purple turnip and a small parsnip to chicken stock, adds great
>> flavor... but don't ask me to eat cooked parsnip, blech-gack-gag!
>>
>> Sheldon
>>
> When we were growing up, turnips, kohlrabi, onion, tomatoes, radishes,
> cucumber -- were sliced raw and put out on the table for making
> sandwiches. No meat or cheese. Just bread, butter and the raw veggies.
> Janet

When I was growing up, a friend's mother from Germany used to buy those
huge black radishes, and we'd make radish and sweet butter sandwiches on
dark pumpernickel bread. Sometimes we'd have cheese to eat with it, but
not in the sandwich.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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