[SOC] [OT] Food question for Amerikuns

[Bob Krueger]

Used to get baeges and parsnips in a veggie soup a lot when I wuz a kid....


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cunningham K4KSR" <k4ksr at qsl.net>
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [SOC] [OT] Food question for Amerikuns


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>> The root vegetable "rutabaga" is that a swede or a turnip [British
> expressions]?
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> Immediate response was who cares?  Haven't eaten one since  1945, an
> important garden product of the times and avoided like the plague
> thereafter.  Looked it up and found it enjoyed similar popularity in 
> Germany
> during WW1.  My guess is that answer to your question is regional.
> Certainly not part of daily conversation for most of country.
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