Diabetes Talking

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I didn’t inherit my Mom’s green fingers, unfortunately.   I’m in maintenance so I don’t have a problem with the few higher carbs in rutabaga.  I’ll stick with them. Yeah, they’re a bit strong-tasting and maybe even woody by then. Possibilities for microwave chips or French fries? Or maybe grated and cooked as a rosti? I don’t think I’d enjoy them boiled and mashed that big. I’m told they’re easy to grow, and you can eat the greens as a bonus, if you’re green-fingered?

—– Bev

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I have never eaten rutabegga before.  I even had to get somebody at the store to point one out to me because I didn’t know what it looked like. So I got it home, washed it, peeled it, and cut it into smallish chunks so it would boil a little quicker. Boiled it Tasted it – tasted good! Mashed it.  Added butter, pepper, sour cream, and chives.  SUPER Yummy. I made meatloaf tonight, so I’ve got this mashed rutabegga on the side, they just go great together. — Spring LC since 1/1/04 260/198/170 "Before" & "current" pics at link below: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/album?.tok=phX4sVBBuvxvs4Hs…

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Last pot roast I made, I cooked rutabagas with it instead of potatoes. Excellent! | I have never eaten rutabegga before.  I even had to get somebody at | the | store to point one out to me because I didn’t know what it looked | like. | So I got it home, washed it, peeled it, and cut it into smallish | chunks so | it would boil a little quicker. | | Boiled it | Tasted it – tasted good! | Mashed it.  Added butter, pepper, sour cream, and chives.  SUPER | Yummy. | | I made meatloaf tonight, so I’ve got this mashed rutabegga on the | side, they | just go great together. | | | — | Spring | LC since 1/1/04 | 260/198/170 | | "Before" & "current" pics at link below: | http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/album?.tok=phX4sVBBuvxvs4Hs…

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I’d never eaten them pre-LC either.  Now I can’t imagine going back to bland potatoes and use rutabaga wherever potatoes are called for, like stew, soup, etc. I have never eaten rutabegga before.  I even had to get somebody at the store to point one out to me because I didn’t know what it looked like. So I got it home, washed it, peeled it, and cut it into smallish chunks so it would boil a little quicker. Boiled it Tasted it – tasted good! Mashed it.  Added butter, pepper, sour cream, and chives.  SUPER Yummy. I made meatloaf tonight, so I’ve got this mashed rutabegga on the side, they just go great together.

—– Bev

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have never eaten rutabegga before.  I even had to get somebody at the store to point one out to me because I didn’t know what it looked like. So I got it home, washed it, peeled it, and cut it into smallish chunks so it would boil a little quicker. Boiled it Tasted it – tasted good! Mashed it.  Added butter, pepper, sour cream, and chives.  SUPER Yummy. I made meatloaf tonight, so I’ve got this mashed rutabegga on the side, they just go great together. — Spring LC since 1/1/04 260/198/170

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I have never eaten rutabegga before.

I grate it, mix with gram flour, season, and deep-fry small balls twice (to make Indian bhajias). Yummy, and doesn’t budge my blood glucose meter. I often serve them with curried fish cakes, salad, and a low-carb tortilla to use as a chapatti. Nicky. — A1c 10.5/4.5/<6  Weight 95/77/72Kg 1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine T2 DX 05/2004

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What is "gram flour"?  I did a google search and it says it’s made from chickpeas?  How does it compare to all-purpose flour? I grate it, mix with gram flour, season, and deep-fry small balls twice (to make Indian bhajias). Yummy, and doesn’t budge my blood glucose meter. I often serve them with curried fish cakes, salad, and a low-carb tortilla to use as a chapatti.

—– Bev

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What is "gram flour"?  I did a google search and it says it’s made from chickpeas?  How does it compare to all-purpose flour?

Yes, that’s the stuff. It’s used to make chapattis, the Indian unleavened bread; there’s a guy on alt.support.diabetes.uk who uses it to make pancakes, but I don’t like the taste. You can also make a dahl with it – sort of a savoury porridge, very filling and tasty. It’s comparatively low carb compared to all-purpose flour, but not THAT LC; but it’s very popular with diabetics, because it has a much smaller effect on blood glucose levels that you would expect. Nicky. — A1c 10.5/4.5/<6  Weight 95/77/72Kg 1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine T2 DX 05/2004

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I have never eaten rutabegga before.  I even had to get somebody at the store to point one out to me because I didn’t know what it looked

like. Rutabagas look a lot like larger more yellowish turnips.  If you know what a turnip is that will be enough to identify them.  They can be similar enough that some can’t tell them apart through several times the size of a turnip and with much darker yellowish flesh. So I got it home, washed it, peeled it, and cut it into smallish chunks so it would boil a little quicker.

Rutties cook slower than turnips. Boiled it Tasted it – tasted good! Mashed it.  Added butter, pepper, sour cream, and chives.  SUPER

Yummy. Rutties taste a bit like turnip but more intense.

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It’s the opposite for me.  I hate turnips because they’re intense.  I find rutabagas to be much much milder and even slightly sweet. Rutties taste a bit like turnip but more intense.

—– Bev

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What is the carb count on rutabegga? Kristen

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It’s not the lowest carb veggie, so I generally don’t eat more than 1/2 a cup of mashed with my main meal.  Like potatoes, it’s quite filling. You can look up nutrition info for most foods here: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/index.html What is the carb count on rutabegga?

—– Bev

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Rutties taste a bit like turnip but more intense. It’s the opposite for me.

Vive la difference! I hate turnips because they’re intense.  I find rutabagas to be much much milder and even slightly sweet.

More turnips for me then.  I eat turnips comparatively often, rutties less oftem mostly because of the extra cooking.  So we’re a team covering both. Maybe it’s the higher carb count aka more starch that you notice and something in the chemistry that I notice. "Swede" is a name for rutabaga, possibly for both rutties and turnips.

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I tried very hard to like turnips because they are lower in carbs than rutabaga.  I added sweeteners, cream instead of soy milk, difference herbs and spices, but I just couldn’t hide their taste.  I found sites on the net saying that the older the turnip, the stronger they are.  Maybe we only get old turnips in Canada, even in the summer.   I’ve only seen Swede in reference to rutabaga.   More turnips for me then.  I eat turnips comparatively often, rutties less oftem mostly because of the extra cooking.  So we’re a team covering both. Maybe it’s the higher carb count aka more starch that you notice and something in the chemistry that I notice. "Swede" is a name for rutabaga, possibly for both rutties and turnips.

—– Bev

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I tried very hard to like turnips because they are lower in carbs than rutabaga.  I added sweeteners, cream instead of soy milk, difference herbs and spices, but I just couldn’t hide their taste.

Small ones (about twice the size of a walnut in its shell), baked in the oven alongside a roast chicken? No strong turnip taste, just chicken-y yum : )  Shallots and garlic cloves thrown in too are pretty good also.. Nicky. — A1c 10.5/4.5/<6  Weight 95/77/72Kg 1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine T2 DX 05/2004

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Maybe that’s the problem.  The smallest turnips I’ve seen locally are about the size of a baseball. Small ones (about twice the size of a walnut in its shell), baked in the oven alongside a roast chicken? No strong turnip taste, just chicken-y yum : )  Shallots and garlic cloves thrown in too are pretty good also..

—– Bev

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Maybe that’s the problem.  The smallest turnips I’ve seen locally are about the size of a baseball.

Yeah, they’re a bit strong-tasting and maybe even woody by then. Possibilities for microwave chips or French fries? Or maybe grated and cooked as a rosti? I don’t think I’d enjoy them boiled and mashed that big. I’m told they’re easy to grow, and you can eat the greens as a bonus, if you’re green-fingered? Nicky (currently killing spring lettuces : ) — A1c 10.5/4.5/<6  Weight 95/77/72Kg 1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine T2 DX 05/2004

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