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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Sun, Feb 05 2006
Half A Small Swede
That title up there isn't an ethnic slur. I was reading a group of recipes this morning and came across a recipe that called for "half a small Swede, diced". Once I stopped blinking and read the rest of the recipe I determined that it must be a vegetable of some sort. After a bit of research, it seems that a Swede is what those of us in the U.S. would call a rutabaga. It's also called a Swedish turnip, which explains why Swede was capitalized in the recipe list and why I was taken aback when I thought they were referring to some sort of horried ethnic cleansing by way of cannibalism.
I don't suppose it would be popular to served up Swede today as Super Bowl food. I think most people will be eating Hot Wings or Seven Layer Dip. A big heaping bowl of Swede just doesn't have that party ring to it.
posted at: 08:34 | category: /Food | link to this entry
That title up there isn't an ethnic slur. I was reading a group of recipes this morning and came across a recipe that called for "half a small Swede, diced". Once I stopped blinking and read the rest of the recipe I determined that it must be a vegetable of some sort. After a bit of research, it seems that a Swede is what those of us in the U.S. would call a rutabaga. It's also called a Swedish turnip, which explains why Swede was capitalized in the recipe list and why I was taken aback when I thought they were referring to some sort of horried ethnic cleansing by way of cannibalism.
I don't suppose it would be popular to served up Swede today as Super Bowl food. I think most people will be eating Hot Wings or Seven Layer Dip. A big heaping bowl of Swede just doesn't have that party ring to it.
posted at: 08:34 | category: /Food | link to this entry
