Giles ,'Selfless'
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A rutabega?
Y'know, I realize I have only a vague idea of what a turnip looks like, and though I recognize "rutabega" as a type of vegetable, I have NO idea what they're like, or how they are similar/different from a turnip. Hmm.
I kept meaning to try haggis while in scotland, but...
I also did not get a chance to try poutine in Montreal. I really wanted to, but accidentally waited until my last day, and then the place I went was OUT!
And you haven't lived till you try an Arbroath Smokie.
Ah've no lived!
Is this the right time to extol the virtues of deep fried Mars Bar?
No
Bwah.
Deep Fired Mars Bars are truly the evilist invention ever.
Student-y scoffing for the conscience free
Crispy on the outside, sweet sweet gooiness in the centre.
Yummy.
Edit: with a bottle of Irn-Bru of course.
You know, in theory I will try anything. The weirder the better. But somehow I never could bring myself to try a deep fried mars bar. It seemed too much like just eating lard by the spoonful. But friends have assured me they're nice. (Although they were very very pissed at the time)
this is a turnip and its flesh is white. these are swedes and their flesh is orange. this, according to Google, is a rutabaga. Which is, so the site assures us, essentially a cross between a turnip and a cabbage.
It's like root vegetable slash.
Lard by the spoonfull is a strict health diet compared to Deep Fried Mars Bar wickedness.
One per lifetime is the recommended dosage for the above.
these are swedes and their flesh is orange. this, according to Google, is a rutabaga. Which is, so the site assures us, essentially a cross between a turnip and a cabbage.
You'll note that they look exactly the same.
"The name comes from the Swedish rotabagge, which is why this vegetable is also called a Swede or Swedish Turnip."
Yeah, rutabagas are just really big (and concomitantly more grain-y) turnips. Purple on top, off-white to downright yellow all around.
Like beets, if beets had had the everliving shit scared out of them. Only more fibrous.
And DX solves a mystery...
I have heard of deep fried mars bars. I'd first heard of them from a friend studying in scotland, but then they became big things at state fairs, here. SO tempting sounding, but I'm afraid eating one would make my heart stop. Gawd.
SO tempting sounding, but I'm afraid eating one would make my heart stop
That's how I feel about it. Only without the tempting.
(Mind you, I had a Sticky Toffee Pudding to die for this afternoon. Really. So it's not like I'm the poster child for healthy eating, here.)
