Thursday, June 21, 2012

so i cooked a rutabaga...

Yeah, we can go ahead and add that to the list of things that I never thought I'd say err...type.  How did this come about, you may be wondering?  Well we decided to join a CSA with our friends Matt and Anna.  Which basically means that you give a certain amount of money to a local farm and they in turn give you fresh produce each week (ours lasts from the beginning of June to November).  I've been wanting to do one of these for years and I'm thankful our friends gave us a little push.  It's really a great thing because the produce is 1) local 2)super fresh and 3) organic (our farm is, not all farms are).  And it's pretty economical.  So one of the fun/quirky parts of this deal is that you get whatever they are growing which brings us to last week...we got a rutabaga.  Never have I even held one nor did I know how to cook it.  So of course I went to my bestie, Google, for help.  And I decided to prepare it this way.  It was...interesting.  It was kind of a pain to peel.  The taste was good, they are similar to potatoes.  Except there were these weird stringy things because I don't think I completely peeled it?  Needless to say, it was interesting to cook and taste it but I think I'll stick to potatoes for that type of starch.  However, if we get another rutabaga thrown our way I'm not opposed to cooking it again.

Now we have some beets, do y'all eat them?  If so, how do you cook them?

5 comments:

Dwight K. Shrute said...

I love beets, bears and battlestar galactica.

Matthew said...

I put some sliced beets into a salad yesterday and it was ok. A good way to hide them amongst more flavorful things.

Cynthia said...

Look on page 60 in our family cookbook. You can boil the beets until fork tender and use them instead of canned. Also, go with the pickling spice instead of cinnamon. Delish! Just ask Francesca!!!

Francesca said...

She's right. They are the best and I want some. I love me some beets!!

Francesca said...

she's right. They are the best. I love me some beets