what kind of vegetable is this? update: it was tasty

[evident]

Just picked up my first batch of veggies from the CSA near my work. forgot to ask the farmer what type of vegetable is this.

can some of you veggie experts chime in? it looks like the vegetable from super mario 2 that you can uproot...

UPDATE:

here's what it looked like when we cut it in half. my fiance made a gratin out of it with some zucchini that also came w/ the CSA, and we ate it with a whole bronzino fish. whatever it was, it was good and i'd eat it again!

 

[busydude]

Somekind of radish.

 

[gw186]

Somekind of radish.

I'm going with some kind of turnip.

 

[illusion88]

try frying it up and eating it. Update us on the results.

 

[Texashiker]

I am going to guess a type of rutabaga

 

[TraumaRN]

Turnip or Rutabaga, hard to tell since you cut the tops off

 

[evident]

Turnip or Rutabaga, hard to tell since you cut the tops off

hey man. i didnt do anything. it was the farmer!

 

[Texashiker]

hey man. i didnt do anything. it was the farmer!

Did you see the tops? How big were they?

Rutabagas can have a large top. I have seen just a few of them fill up a 35 gallon garbage bag.

 

[CPA]

My guess is celery root based on the green shoots, though the base looks a little too light colored.

Scratch celery root, the base is too smooth as well.

 

[evident]

Did you see the tops? How big were they?

Rutabagas can have a large top. I have seen just a few of them fill up a 35 gallon garbage bag.

Unfortunately, by the time i came to pick up my share, everything was already prepped and ready to go. i shoulda asked the farmer. we'll probably cook it up on thursday and use a turnip recipe.

 

[TraumaRN]

hey man. i didnt do anything. it was the farmer!

Do you have pictures of the root cut in half??

 

[Texashiker]

Unfortunately, by the time i came to pick up my share, everything was already prepped and ready to go. i shoulda asked the farmer. we'll probably cook it up on thursday and use a turnip recipe.

Does the farmer have any livestock, like cows? If so, the tops probably went to the livestock.

If that is a Rutabaga, it makes a huge top. Just a few plants are more then a family can eat in a week.

 

[gaidensensei]

Obviously from the turnip family.

Probably some variation of japanese kabu turnips. They are springtime turnips, korean markets are loaded with them.

Edit: Look like your guy?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

First guess... Turnip

 

[Bryophyte]

Cut a piece of it and try it. Turnips are good raw.

 

[spidey07]

without reading responses - turnip.

 

[Newbian]

It's going to grow a face and eat you.

 

[iGas]

Yellow/white turnip.

 

[iGas]

Cut a piece of it and try it. Turnips are good raw.

Sweet is turnip.

Starchy like a potato is a rutabaga.

 

[BoomerD]

MOST turnips look like this:

There are many different varieties of turnips, including white turnips:

and a yellow turnip:

Gold Ball Turnips: (which is what the OP's pic seems to be)

Rutabagas look very much like a turnip. Many folks say they're a cross between a turnip and a cabbage because of the huge amount of greens on the top...(but they're not)

Celery root, as mentioned above:

 

[spidey07]

MOST turnips look like this:

The oblong shape made me say turnip.

 

[nanette1985]

What size? Rutabagas are bigger than turnips.

Cut it in half, turnips are white, rutabagas are yellow (usually, there are lots of different varieties of both).

Back on the farm in Ohio, end-of-June it would be rutabaga, turnips wouldn't last this long into the summer.

Happy eating, yum.

 

[zinfamous]

looka lika turnip to me.

I tend to use them as I would potatoes. They go great with lamb and cumin--in stew form.

 

[Krynj]

Am I the only one that can see that's a fucking apple?

 

[moshquerade]

Am I the only one that can see that's a fucking apple?

yes, you are the only one.