Rutabaga Tamed

I have never liked rutabaga. Recently, however, a blog friend pointed out that it was a great favorite in German-speaking countries. I determined to try again. I tried to order small ones; instead, I received two that weighed 3 pounds each. To peel them, I had to take a heavy knife, push it into the stem ends, and cut across by picking up the knife and joined vegetable together and smacking them hard onto the butcher block. That got rid of all four ends.

Then I took a sharp new vege