Discussion The Most Underrated Vegetable Is The Rutabaga

[Iron Woode]

Most people I know have never eaten it and many don't know what it looks like.

Rutabaga - Wikipedia

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Boiled, steamed, roasted or even "stewed" rutabaga is pretty awesome. Add some grated carrots and it gets even better.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm pretty fond of them myself.

 

[highland145]

No.

 

[ponyo]

I've had it as chips. It's just root vegetable. I would eat it if it was more widely available.

 

[Iron Woode]

I've had it as chips. It's just root vegetable. I would eat it if it was more widely available.

it's very common here in Canada. It tends to be cheaper in the fall here.

 

[Captante]

 

[KMFJD]

food of last resort is an apt name for it, i know the older generations back in Holland have no love for it

 

[Newbian]

They are great in pasties I guess.

Otherwise it's a radish for me as they are great in salads for a nice crunchy spice.

 

[sdifox]

Sure Baldrick.

 

[bbhaag]

Yeah rutabagas are great and highly underrated. So are purple top turnips and parsnips. If you like rutabagas you should give them a try sometime to.

 

[sandorski]

Ketchup is the most underrated vegetable.

 

[highland145]

Ketchup is the most underrated vegetable.

It's a food group.

 

[MrSquished]

How about bok choy

 

[Paperdoc]

In my thirties during a family conversation I said as a kid years ago I quite enjoyed cooked Rutabagas (Turnips), especially mashed with butter, salt and pepper, or gravy. Still do. My mother raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh! You fell for that?"

 

[Iron Woode]

How about bok choy

I like bok choy and it is used fairly often in Asian cuisine.

 

[brianmanahan]

you are a bold one

 

[kage69]

I've had it as chips. It's just root vegetable. I would eat it if it was more widely available.

Same here, basically a sweet turnip, which I like. 'Smashed nips' or adding them to a roasting medley or stew was common when I was kid. Still grows veg likes she's feeding several families.

I think my favorite swerve away from potatoes is a cauliflower Parmesan and peppercorn puree. Rutabaga is welcome though.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't like them as well mashed. Not a big fan of mashed taters either. Boiled or baked is just fine though.

 

[Muse]

Most people I know have never eaten it and many don't know what it looks like.

Rutabaga - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Boiled, steamed, roasted or even "stewed" rutabaga is pretty awesome. Add some grated carrots and it gets even better.

I have never knowingly eaten one in my life but it's going on my shopping list right now, on your recommendation. Thank you.

 

[Muse]

Ketchup is the most underrated vegetable.

Only Heinz.

 

[Muse]

They are great in pasties I guess.

Otherwise it's a radish for me as they are great in salads for a nice crunchy spice.

Sliced raw rutabagas in salad? Is that a thing?

Mushrooms are underrated by many. My local indy supermarket features untold varieties, most of which I know nothing about. I put some maybe 15 year old Shiitake mushrooms in my teriyaki and broccoli yesterday, it was a nice touch (wash and then soak the dried mushrooms in boiled water til soft and slice). A Chinese woman turned me onto Shiitakes them decades ago.

I used to forage wild mushrooms with the help of Mushroom's Demystified by David Agora, which focuses on fungi that grow in my region.

I have been making very delicious (and easy) cream of mushroom soup from the Shaggy Parasols that grew at the periphery of my compost pile until about a week ago. They've stopped forcing up mushrooms.

 

[lxskllr]

Shreds might work to add some texture, but I've never had it that way. Since you ordered some, you can try it.

 

[Iron Woode]

I have never knowingly eaten one in my life but it's going on my shopping list right now, on your recommendation. Thank you.

here is a video for you:

 

[MrSquished]

I've had rutabaga but it's been a while. Like many years. And in a mash form. But tonight this girl I met at the Brooklyn botanical gardens on a date picked this restaurant she knows. We shared the duck and the rutabaga entrees, which she said was her favorite here, after some apps. So random as I rarely see that vegetable mentioned. And just days after seeing it on ATOT. The fortune teller forums.

Deliciousness. This was rutabaga elevated.

 

[pmv]

Sliced raw rutabagas in salad? Is that a thing?

Mushrooms are underrated by many. My local indy supermarket features untold varieties, most of which I know nothing about. I put some maybe 15 year old Shiitake mushrooms in my teriyaki and broccoli yesterday, it was a nice touch (wash and then soak the dried mushrooms in boiled water til soft and slice). A Chinese woman turned me onto Shiitakes them decades ago.

I used to forage wild mushrooms with the help of Mushroom's Demystified by David Agora, which focuses on fungi that grow in my region.

I have been making very delicious (and easy) cream of mushroom soup from the Shaggy Parasols that grew at the periphery of my compost pile until about a week ago. They've stopped forcing up mushrooms.

Mushrooms are great (love 'em fried) - but no way would I ever try and forage for 'wild' ones. Heard far too many stories of people getting that wrong and fatally poisoning themselves.