with Halloween approaching soon many people will be buying pumpkins and carving faces to make Jack-O-Lanterns but in Scotland they will be doing something a little better. Instead of carving pumpkins they will be carving Rutabagas. Although they don't call them "Jack-O-Lanterns," they call them "Tumshie lanterns."
A rutabaga is a cross between a cabbage and a turnip. This little Swedish vegetable can be prepared in many ways whether it be roasted to be served with meat dishes or as the major ingredient in the ever popular Christmas dish Swede casserol ("lanttulaatikko.")
The Rutabega is a very famous vegetable. The town of Cumberland, Wisconson celebrates a "Rutabaga Festival" annually on Labor Day Weekend. The International "Rutabaga Curling Championship" annually takes place in Ithaca, New York. Frank Zappa sang the name rutabaga in the form of a slow yodel in the song "call any vegetable" in 1967. But most of all the rutabega is made most famous by John Everett.
call any vegetable video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZvFoSI5VN8
lanttulaatikko casserole:
www.kaiku.com/kutriskitchen.html
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