"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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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>>
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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

Warn your dinner victims before you try this idea, OK? :-)