Our Turnips Taste Different Here

@Hate2Iron (15727)

Canada

December 2, 2016 4:54pm CST

Turnip was a vegetable that we always ate raw when I was growing up. At least I thought that we were eating turnips, but apparently they were rutabaga. I didn't believe it until hubby pointed them out to me in the supermarket and indeed... they are different! Now there is more than just appearance that I'm talking about here. Our "turnips" here in Manitoba taste so different from the "turnips" that I remember and I have a feeling that it the fact that they were waxed. They don't do that in Manitoba and the flavor is really harsh. I think that this is going to be a veggie that I can just cross off our shopping list. None of us are all that fond of rutabagas!! Sad, because I used to love them!!

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7 responses

@paigea (36315)

• Canada

3 Dec 16

You should be able to get rutabagas there as well. They are much milder than turnip.

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@Hate2Iron (15727)

• Canada

3 Dec 16

I have them really confused now. What I thought was turnip was smaller and red in color. That's not what they were supposed to look like!!

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

3 Dec 16

I seldom eat turnip or rutabaga. They are also rare to be found at supermarket. But I have bought and tried it.. I think I like it..

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@Hate2Iron (15727)

• Canada

3 Dec 16

I only like one of them raw... just not sure which one it is now lol!

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@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

3 Dec 16

Not everything is the same everywhere.

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

3 Dec 16

I still love rutabagas!

@Happy2BeMe (99380)

• Canada

3 Dec 16

I only ever use turnip in stews. Other then that I don't really care for it. As children we would eat it raw.

@httpkiyaaa (94)

• Sumter, South Carolina

2 Dec 16

I Have Never Tried A Turnip or Rutabaga

.. How Do They Taste ? Are They Sweet ?

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@Hate2Iron (15727)

• Canada

3 Dec 16

What I thought was turnip was rather sweet. I hated them cooked though!!

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@JudyEv (342225)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Dec 16

We only ever used (what we called) turnip in soups and stews. It's not that popular here. I don't know if we have rutabaga or not.