"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> 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