"Gabby" > wrote in message
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> "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?
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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
>> ;-)
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> LOL. I'd hate to see how long it takes to make one of those suckers
> tender enough to mash when cooked whole. At this time of year, even in 2"
> cubes it can take 30-40 min.
>
> Gabby
>

30-40 minutes is too much, during which you don't need to do anything with
them? What's up with that? You got someplace you gotta be?