stales, Jo mentioned swedes, a kind of turnip developed in sweden and used a cattle food. I mentioned that in eastern US, this vegetable is called a rutabaga. CK is with the majority, in thinking this not a commestable, but i am with his da, and think mashed rutabagas to be a winter treat. (no accounting for taste is there?)

Only we don't usually specify rutabagas, we just call them turnips.. or sometimes yellow turnips.