I've come across depression era recipes that call for a swede. What is it? Where do I find it? I believe it's a vegetable, as one recipe was for vegetable soup.
What is this vegetable?
Discussion in 'Women's Fellowship Forum' started by abcgrad94, Jun 18, 2008.
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I think it's a variety of rutabega or turnip.
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Sopranette -
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Yeah, they cook like potatoes, but they taste a little radish-y. They hold up well in stews, and store for a long time. But you usually have to peel the skin off, because there is a lot of dirt and wax on the surface if you buy them. But they are pretty cheap to buy, too. I really like them in stews, more so than potatoes.
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Sopranette -
Not sure that I've ever eaten them, not a big raddish fan, but do use them on occasion in a potato salad maybe.(few times a year, not all the time). They look and seem too much like turnips, yuck.
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Thanks. I've been looking at old recipes from the depression era to find some cheap meal ideas. Some of them look pretty good, others--yuck!
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Are those on the internet? Sounds interesting.
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In Wales we use swede in soup (broth/cawl) It is a spherical vegetable with a purple-ish skin, the flesh is yellow/orangey in colour. We serve it mashed with butter and pepper as well.
Swede is for humans and turnip is for cattle where I come from.:wavey:
Also a Cornish pasty is not a Cornish pasty without swede...... -
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I have found a few sites, but most are for a book to buy.
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By the way, I've been reading a blog by a woman (a Brit) who decided to eat 1940's depression era food as a weight loss method for a whole year. It's really interesting. I believe she went by the rations in England. She lost about 18 lbs in the first 2 or 3 weeks! -
syrup?
Treacle - I think you call it corn syrup...... not sure
There is Golden Syrup and Black treacle ... Look up Tate and Lyle, they are the firm who produce the treacle/syrup I use. Sorry not to post link, but I`m on my way to work .
I use Golden Syrup in toffee making, and it is lovely on toast and porrige.......very sweet. I make treacle tart using a pastry blank and filling with G/S soaked up with breadcrumbs as the filling then baked. Also put some G/S in the bottom of a pudding basin fill with sponge mixture.... cover with a muslin cloth and boil in a saucepan for a filling and delicious pudding, or tea time treat with custard.
The Logo for Golden Syrup is a lion with the inscription something like ,`out of strength came sweetness` taken from the story of Samson in Bible .
hope this helps.
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Oh o, Gwyeth! You're looking to become a "Thread Titles Again" post.....and there it goes
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Sopranette