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Christmas and Rutabagas

It’s Christmastime again: the perfect opportunity to brighten the spirits of a loved one with the gift of the rutabaga.

What’s so special about the rutabaga you may ponder–what isn’t so special about the rutabaga is my response.

• They can be roasted.
• They can be baked.
• They can be boiled as a flavor enhancer in soups.
• They can be boiled as a flavour enhancer in soups in Great Britain. (You wouldn’t believe how much tastier the soup is with that extra U in the word flavour.)
• They can be thinly julienned as a side dish, in a salad or as a garnish.
• They can be thinly julienned and used to cleanup oil spills in the driveway.
• They can be mashed into a paste and used to degrease engines.
• They can be mashed into a paste and used as a beautifying face cream. (It won’t make you more attractive, but it will cover up your butt-ugly face.)
• You can make rutabaga ice cream.
• You can make a rudimentary boiled rutabaga stew that was a staple of famine ridden Europe during the war and pretend you’re living in famine ridden Europe during the war–because pretending is fun.
• You can chuck them at Kayne West’s head. (It’s such a huge bloated target.)
• You can chuck them at the heads of people you’re ambivalent about.
• You can chuck them at the heads of people you like. (The thunk of a rutabaga bouncing off a human skull is surprisingly satisfying.)
• You can fill your child’s stocking with them. (But ensure they’re fresh; they can attract flies.)
• You can use them to attract flies.
• You can carve them into lanterns as was the old Irish tradition.
• You can carve them into lanterns and chuck them at Kanye West’s head. (Hopefully the beginnings of a new tradition.)
• And finally, you can make the traditional Finnish Christmas dish Lanttulaatikko.

Lanttulaatikko is a delicious Finnish Christmas dish–you can also chuck it at Kayne West’s head.

Addendum: Don’t make rutabaga ice cream…it sucks.