Of kohl rabi, a vegetable. Learn more, if you don't know:

http://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/kohl-rabi-memories-and-redux/

Wow Orchid!

That is a blast from the past!

My father's mother, my paternal grandmother, was a great one for cooking veggies I'd never heard of elsewhere. She lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which I now know is a real melting pot of a community - according to my daughter who loves living there, one can attend a different culture fair there almost every weekend.

Anyway, Grandma Gertrude raised and cooked kohl rabi, and I have never had it anywhere else.

She also served other odd veggies, a few of which have come into more popularity, like rutabaga, cauliflower and a few odd squashes.

I love kohlrabi ! Just peel and cube it, cook till soft, about 10 minutes, and serve with melted butter. yum yum.

I never heard of kohl rabi. What does it taste like?

Taste is quite mild, jabber. Have you ever had cooked white radish (or known as daikon)? To me, it tastes abit like that. Soft when cooked.

From someone in Norway, who decribed this:

"Kohl rabi is a traditional vegetable in Norway and I think the rest of Scandinavia, probably because it's one of the few things which will grow willingly up here. It's considered maybe a bit boring and "oldfashioned", but still a staple eaten throughout the country. I love fresh kohl rabi, good ones are sweet and crisp eaten raw, and it's a good veg to have in a stew, or sliced thinly and wok'ed. Aged ones get a bit rubbery though, and bitter sometimes. Mashed kohl rabi, like mashed potatoes, with butter and milk, is very good!"

For Norwegians and Germans: I've never heard of putting butter nor milk in kohl rabi.

Well now I really understand why my Grandma Gertrude was so into cooking veggies like kohl rabi: My grandfather was born in Norway, and while she had been a Taylor before marrying, her family was of German and English heritage!

Thus it was a vegetable BOTH of them probably grew up with.

Now, my Norwegian step-mother likes to make a veggie during the holidays she calls "rootamoose." (Spelling is phonetic) It is made of mashed potatoes and mashed rutabagas. My Swedish-heritaged husband was served this as a child.

Anyone have any insight on this dish?

Rootamoose? Cool. My MIL maiden name was Taylor. Maybe she's related to ya!

Orchid,
Thanks for the explanation. Sounds interesting! I like many
raw veggies!

My ex was from Minnesota and he just lovvvvved Koli Rabi and Rootabage as he called it. Try as I did, never could cook it well, plus hated when I made it and I am a vege freak...

We love fresh Kohlrabi! We planted it in our garden for years. Nothing tasted better than pulling a fresh kohlrabi bulb from the garden, peel it and eat. Yum. I use to start kohlrabi by seed in small containers under grow lights. Then I would transplant the little plants to the garden. One year, I think I had nearly 100 plants.

Cookiew, did ytou stop growing them and if yes, why? They sound good something you can grow, peel, wash and eat right in your garden.