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Default Frozen rutabaga

Gabby wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun 04 Dec 2005 01:34:31p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee
>> Randall?
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>>> I was watching a food channel host/hostess -- Can't remember who
>>> now -- that used frozen rutabagas. I have never seen this
>>> product before. The waxed rutabagas don't appeal to me, but they
>>> are the only ones I've seen in the last 15 years.
>>>
>>> I googled it, but didn't gain much knowledge. Has anyone seen
>>> this anywhere? Thanks, Dee Dee

>>
>> Mostly we get the waxed ones here. It's no big deal, really, since
>> I have to peel them anyway and the comes away with the peel.

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> All the wax does is keep them from drying out and getting wrinkly.
> When I was growing up we had a dirt cellar so the rutabagas lasted
> most of the winter down there - as did the potatoes and the carrots.
> In the fridge if they're not waxed they last only a few weeks.
>
> Gabby
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I suppose if you boiled or roasted it whole you wouldn't have to remove
the wax first -- as long as someone else was gonna clean up the kitchen ;-)

Bob