A large root vegetable with yellowish flesh, related to the turnip and cabbage, commonly eaten as a side dish or in stews.
From Swedish 'rotabagge' meaning 'root bag,' from 'rot' (root) and 'bagge' (bag or lump); it's a Scandinavian vegetable that spread across northern Europe and North America.
Rutabagas are so packed with carbohydrates that they fed European populations through brutal winters for centuries, and during WWII and the Irish Famine they were survival crops—the humble 'root bag' is actually a vegetable hero of human history.
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