"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>RichD wrote:
>>> I've performed a scientific survey the last few weeks,
>>> in the produce section of a local grocery: nobody
>>> can tell the difference between a turnip and a rutabaga.
>>>
>>> The cosmic significance of this, I leave in the eye
>>> of the beholder -
>>
>>There is a significant difference. The easiest way to tell a turnip
>>from a rutabaga is that the rutabaga, most times, is waxed. Turnips are
>>never waxed.
>
> There are many varieties of turnip and several of rutabagga... but
> essentially:
> http://www.diffen.com/difference/Rutabaga_vs_Turnip
> http://www.differencebetween.net/obj...-and-rutabaga/

I was watching Lidia Bastianich make some caramelized turnips to serve with
pork. Dang but they looked good! I do like them raw. Same with rutabaga.
Not sure I have ever had a cooked turnip but I have had rutabagas and did
not like them but... I was about 3 at the time. Haven't tried them since.
Must look for some. I could get turnips in my CSA packet but they looked
kind of small and had a lot of greens. Not sure I would use the greens.