Rutabaga are hardy brassica crops that have been grown around the world for centuries, but these often-overlooked vegetables are only recently experiencing a bit of a renaissance among growers.
Rutabaga, also known as swede, is a cruciferous root vegetable that was created by crossing a cabbage with a turnip. These large, round vegetables have purple tops that fade into a yellowish ...
Developed by Vermont farmer John Gilfeather in the late 1800s and recently introduced at Greenmarket’s Windfall Farms stand, the heirloom root (which is actually a rutabaga, Gilfeather’s ...
The following excerpt is their recipe for Scalloped Rutabaga. The prairie turnip is a root vegetable that prairie Lakota and Sioux harvested for cooking and for trading with nations to the south.