What are rudebagas?

Question

I know they're a type of vegetable, but not sure what they are.

Answer 1

Rutabegas are lot like turnips.
They came from a cross between a cabbage and a turnip:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga

They, or turnips, steamed well with carrots and then mashed together w/ butter are a pretty tasty blend on a winter's night.

Answer 2

They're an underutilized vegetable, one your grandparents are probably familiar with. It's got a fair amount of calcium, potassium and vitamin c

I'm a vegetarian, so here's a recipe I have if you're curious to check out the taste:

Rutabaga salad

rutabaga (a whole or a smaller piece of a big one), an orange,
raisins (not many, rutabaga and orange are the main ingredients here)

Peel rutabaga and grate it into strips, put the strips to a bowl. Peel the orange and cut it into 2 cm (about 2/3 inch) wide pieces and mix the juicy pieces with rutabaga. Add some raisins.

Can be made beforehand.

Uncooked rutabaga may have very hard, even bad tasting, skin (even like 2 cm), so remember to peel well.

Answer 3

well, the word in your question does not exist; I am sure you meant rutabagas. They are believed to have originated as a hybrid between turnip and cabbage.

"Rutabaga is a biennial, which can overwinter as a storage root. The 'root' consists of the hypocotyl - the plant part that lies between the true root and the first seedling leaves (cotyledons) - and the base of the leafy stem. A rutabaga root can be distinguished from a turnip by the presence of a swollen "neck" bearing a number of ridges, the leaf-base scars. The storage root may be purple, white or yellow, with yellowish flesh. Rutabaga leaves are bluish, thick like cabbage, and smooth. They emerge from the crown in a broad, low-spreading growth habit that inhibits growth of weeds. Rutabaga flowers are small and have light-yellow petals. They differ from turnip flowers in that they are not raised above the unopened buds on the raceme."

Answer 4

They are root vegetables that resemble a large turnip and have sweet, pale yellow-orange flesh and tan, green, or purple skin. They are also known as swedes or Swedish turnips. The sweetest rutabagas are no more than 3 or 4 inches (7.5 or 10 cm) in diameter and should be firm and heavy for their size. Store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

Steam them and enjoy with some butter, salt and pepper.

Answer 5

A rutabaga is a root vegetable, similar to a turnip.
It's best when it's steamed with other vegetables.

Answer 6

Spelled rutabagas, they are a yellow turnip. A root vegetable similar to the white turnip.

Answer 7

You mean rutabagas. They are tubers (meaning they are the roots of a kind of vegetable) that belong to the radish family.

Answer 8

I have never heard of vegetables by that name although there are plenty of rude buggers here in Australia.

Answer 9

They're like turnips. Cut them into slices, and sprinkle with lemon and salt. Mmmmmmmm!!!!

Answer 10

they're like turnips...