Congress Rules Food Stamps Can Only Be Used On Rutabagas

https://theonion.com/congress-rules-food-stamps-can-only-be-used-on-rutabaga-1850237759/

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crank0271@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Massively corrupt handout to Big Rutabaga

affiliate@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

if the hand is so big then why can’t i see it?

danciestlobster@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

Support small local rutabaga

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 1y (6 replies)

43 and I've never heard of rutabaga.

Then I found out we just call them swedes, turnips, or neeps.

Edit: not turnips, just the other two.

On a side note, how do I strikethrough text?

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

A turnip and a rutabaga are different.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

40yo, here; I've heard of them via Loony Tunes, but I have never even seen a picture of one let alone seen them for sale (no turnips either). Closest thing I've seen are radishes.

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y

Turnips are objectively more terrifying than pumpkins when carved for Halloween. That's their main fame.

whats_a_lemmy@midwest.social · 4 pts · 1y

For strikethrough, just surround text with ~~

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LiterallyLMAO@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

You're 43 and never played super Mario 2?

kungen@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 1y

Don't call me a vegetable!! 😭

ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 5 pts · 1y

At press time, Congress had reportedly voted to close the rutabaga loophole

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I like them. And turnips. I use them alongside potatoes for a little extra flavor and varied texture. When mashed I call them turpaters.

tal@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 1y

turpaters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga

The species B. napus originated as a hybrid between the cabbage (B. oleracea) and the turnip (B. rapa).

Maybe "cabnips" or "turbages".

LimpRimble@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

Not Onions?

Frostbeard@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

They are staple flod in Norway, or used to be. To such an extent that one of the traditional christmas dishes has rutabaga/swede mash as a side dish.

Rich in vitamin C, so I have heard it being called the "Orange of the North"