SC - Re: turnips

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Mark Schuldenfrei wrote:

> The bags are clearly labelled turnips.  They do, however, contain orange
> rutebega.  I have, rarely, seen frozen diced turnips qua turnips.
> 
> May I be honest?  While most of the time I am an authenticity nutcase on
> food issues, I don't know why I don't seem to care much on this one.  Maybe
> because I think they taste quite similarly.  And that most people don't know
> the difference.  (And, depending upon where you are in the world, and when,
> they are called different things, as Adamantius knows from discussions on
> rec.food.historic)  Heck, I bet daikon would work in the recipe.  (But not
> potatoes.  We went over that.)
> 
> De Rutebagae non Disputandum son.  (:-)  Or something very like that.

My money's on kohlrabi! Though daikon sounds good, too. 

Adamantius