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I took something out of the freezer (Original Post) Marthe48 Jan 2024 OP
We have mystery meals every couple of months or so. brer cat Jan 2024 #1
I have these turnips, or at least I call them turnips bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #2
These smell fruity Marthe48 Jan 2024 #4
Are they maple sausages? bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #5
If we were playing 20 Questions Marthe48 Jan 2024 #7
Rutabagas is my guess Retrograde Jan 2024 #8
Thanks but I don't think so, they're not as big as rutabagas bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #10
Baby rutabagas? Retrograde Jan 2024 #12
Could be a white beet - they can be quite large... Backseat Driver Jan 2024 #13
I've heard of white beets Retrograde Jan 2024 #14
Been there. MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #3
When in doubt throw it out, or throw it up. twodogsbarking Jan 2024 #6
Label items before putting them in the freezer Retrograde Jan 2024 #9
I label some things Marthe48 Jan 2024 #11

brer cat

(26,164 posts)
1. We have mystery meals every couple of months or so.
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 01:10 PM
Jan 2024

Some work, some don't. We keep a game plan B in case of disaster.

bucolic_frolic

(46,823 posts)
2. I have these turnips, or at least I call them turnips
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 01:40 PM
Jan 2024

Last edited Sun Jan 14, 2024, 03:21 PM - Edit history (1)

They're shaped like the little purple ones, much larger, and white/pale green. I don't know what they are.



Marthe48

(18,905 posts)
4. These smell fruity
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 01:47 PM
Jan 2024

I put them into a pan, to simmer like brats. They are soggy and fell apart, so they are off the menu. I'll make meatloaf for dinner. lol

bucolic_frolic

(46,823 posts)
5. Are they maple sausages?
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 01:52 PM
Jan 2024

They're always adding flavors to sausages now. I wonder what they're covering up

bucolic_frolic

(46,823 posts)
10. Thanks but I don't think so, they're not as big as rutabagas
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 09:14 PM
Jan 2024

and not yellow. They called them something else at the market. They're not Kholrabi, though the color is about the same.

Retrograde

(10,626 posts)
12. Baby rutabagas?
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 11:35 PM
Jan 2024

It definitely looks like a Brassica of some sort - and that's a big world-wide family. Do you remember where you got them? I've seen yellowish turnips in Italian and Japanese seed catalogs, and I'm sure there are other varieties. Doesn't look like something in the potato family.

Backseat Driver

(4,635 posts)
13. Could be a white beet - they can be quite large...
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:54 AM
Jan 2024

Last edited Mon Jan 15, 2024, 01:37 AM - Edit history (1)

Chop in chunks and roasted like potatoes along w/carrots, onions as for crock potted beef (chuck/English) roasts or pork roasted shoulder/butts or loins. Roasted dry and seasoned as desired, they are a bit powdery in texture and sweeter than potatoes. Or, whatever, steamed or boiled in pieces, or mashed. Interesting uses might be in a stir fry or w/artisan beered sauerkraut-or maybe a pierogi filling with home-fried crispy peppered bacon bits??? Cooked, they do taste a bit milder than their purple cousins. Surely not something with which to have fried alongside eggs or to make borsht!

I had never heard of or seen a white beet, so I ordered from a local veggie vendor off Market Wagon. It was huge, hard as a rock, and difficult to cut up, but I'm a bit shy with really big, sharp knives.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/445016-how-to-cook-white-beets/

Retrograde

(10,626 posts)
14. I've heard of white beets
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 02:56 AM
Jan 2024

but have never seen one. The rootlet does look beet-y. A beet will have rings -even red ones, which have alternating dark red and darker red ones - if you cut them on the equator.

Retrograde

(10,626 posts)
9. Label items before putting them in the freezer
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 09:14 PM
Jan 2024

After a few surprises I now write the name and date of everything that goes into the freezer. It avoids unpleasant surprises, like pulling what you though were slices of meatloaf out and upon thawing having it turn out to be fruitcake. Or vice versa.

Marthe48

(18,905 posts)
11. I label some things
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 09:16 PM
Jan 2024

But whatever these were, might have been something one of our daughters gave me. I probably won't ask, so I don't hurt their feelings.

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