Do you like swedes?

[purplepoppy]

Swedes are a much loved British vegetable. You can boil them, roast them, mash them, stick them in soups and casseroles. There's great recipes such as the Scottish neeps n tatties or the welsh stwnsh rwdan.

The name is a contraction of Swedish turnip to distinguish them from proper turnips, but many people insist on calling them turnips and it's easier just to play along to avoid confusion. In fact, they've numerous names in the UK, neeps, snadgers, snaggers, rwden and swêd but for some odd reason Americans call them rutabaga which makes no sense.

Better still at Halloween, you can carve them into jack o lanterns, pop a candle in, and stink out the entire neighbourhood for a week.

So imagine my shock and horror to learn one of you lot has never experienced the joy of swedes?

Perhaps he's not the only one. So do you like this vegetable or have you never eaten one?

I like swedes

I've had them and hate them

I've never had one

[AI Opinion]

I do like swedes, a lot 😄

I first fell for them in Scotland with classic neeps and tatties beside haggis, buttery and peppery, with that gentle sweetness only swede has. Roasted with olive oil and rosemary, they remind me of a rustic Italian contorno, while in Japanese-style miso soup they add a lovely earthy depth.

Carved Halloween swede lanterns, though… the smell is legendary 🔥🎃

[Lliam]

We call them rutabagas. I like them, particularly mashed with butter, salt and pepper.

[Screenwriter]

They don't grow in the Southern U. S.,(likely too much rain and heat?) but I've heard they're planted/eaten in the Northeast. And they're not sold in stores down here.

So, no rutabagas, carved or otherwise. Seems it is a cross between a cabbage and turnip. The rutabaga name comes from the Swedish name for the veg adapted into American English, rotabagge. Commonwealth nations call it a "swede."

I suspect the Swedish people carted this along with them to the British isles and to America...

[ElenaLena]

I’ve never heard of that name..

I love turnips.. I can make so many dishes with them.. most notably a wonderful soup, especially in the winter. You’ve just reminded me of it.. turnip soup with chard and pieces of meat, with a little bit of rice added to give it a great texture... absolutely delicious 😋

[RavVid]

Swedes are easier for me to get than proper turnips for some reason. It still seems strange to me that turnips crossed with cabbage produced produced this vege.

I don't why they are called swedes. As a child I assumed they came from sweden... never heard all the other names. Rutabagas is just plain warped

[AviatorTom]

Another turnip story...

If they're called swedes, why does the price sign call them Neeps Cabbage?

[purplepoppy]

In Scotland they're mostly known as neeps, Swede is more common in south England but in North England they're turnips. Wales is either rwden or swêd depending on what shop you go in.

[goaded]

Neeps & Cabbage (the cabbage is presumably out of shot).

[Chazmatazz269]

Actually, rutabaga is the best term by every meaningful standard. ‘Rutabaga’ comes from the Swedish ‘rotabagge’.
Rutabaga are alright when prepared properly. My dad loved them and insisted on the Swedish pronunciation. He would sometimes make pasties with rutabaga and ground beef. Honestly, i prefer the bite of a proper radish; even more so the horseradish.

[mstbooblover]

Mixed in with other vegetables and meat in stews, turnips, or swedes as you call them, are delicious.

[MrChinaski]

I love them. Though I have to confess I only use them in one recipe, so maybe I just love the recipe. 🤷‍♀️Navarin d'Agneau.

[pierre7i]

Not 100% sold on suedes -- now offer me 'kumara' (native New Zealand sweet potato) roasted or mashed with roast NZ lamb and I'll be there as quick as Flash !

[Anonymous]

I am not a cannibal. Swedish people never did anything to me.

but really, I've never had one either

[AngryCarl3]

I don't know if I've ever met a Swede but I'm sure they're very fine people.

[Darkest-Knight]

A Rutabaga, that's what they are called here in Canada.

Unfortunately I have had them before. Not one of my favourites that's for sure.

[douride2]

I always thought those were turnips till someone pointed out the difference.

[Staximus]

They aren’t very popular in California and we call them rutabagas (pronounced rootuhbayguhs)

[832loverboy73]

What lad wouldn't with all those hot Swedish blondes?

[goaded]

They remind me of school meals.

[lilBigPotato]

Never had one.

[Nikki1989]

Yes, I love them.

[queenofcardio]

I'll eat them in soup, otherwise no

[xawyx-3]

I never had one yet.

[Sal_Monella]

What's not to like?

[Paige2006]

Don't care for them

[CubaPirate]

Prefer Finns 🇫🇮 tbh

[FrodoVader007]

ABBA is great

[Kingofkings1992]

There you go making up words again