I took something out of the freezer

[Marthe48]

I thought it was bratwurst, but it isn't. I really don't know what it is, but I'm not eating it!

[brer cat]

1. We have mystery meals every couple of months or so.

Some work, some don't. We keep a game plan B in case of disaster.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I have these turnips, or at least I call them turnips

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They're shaped like the little purple ones, much larger, and white/pale green. I don't know what they are.

[Marthe48]

4. These smell fruity

I put them into a pan, to simmer like brats. They are soggy and fell apart, so they are off the menu. I'll make meatloaf for dinner. lol

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Are they maple sausages?

They're always adding flavors to sausages now. I wonder what they're covering up

[Marthe48]

7. If we were playing 20 Questions

I'd have to go with vegetable

[Retrograde]

8. Rutabagas is my guess

They're closely related to turnips, but bigger.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Thanks but I don't think so, they're not as big as rutabagas

and not yellow. They called them something else at the market. They're not Kholrabi, though the color is about the same.

[Retrograde]

12. Baby rutabagas?

It definitely looks like a Brassica of some sort - and that's a big world-wide family. Do you remember where you got them? I've seen yellowish turnips in Italian and Japanese seed catalogs, and I'm sure there are other varieties. Doesn't look like something in the potato family.

[Backseat Driver]

13. Could be a white beet - they can be quite large...

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Chop in chunks and roasted like potatoes along w/carrots, onions as for crock potted beef (chuck/English) roasts or pork roasted shoulder/butts or loins. Roasted dry and seasoned as desired, they are a bit powdery in texture and sweeter than potatoes. Or, whatever, steamed or boiled in pieces, or mashed. Interesting uses might be in a stir fry or w/artisan beered sauerkraut-or maybe a pierogi filling with home-fried crispy peppered bacon bits??? Cooked, they do taste a bit milder than their purple cousins. Surely not something with which to have fried alongside eggs or to make borsht!

I had never heard of or seen a white beet, so I ordered from a local veggie vendor off Market Wagon. It was huge, hard as a rock, and difficult to cut up, but I'm a bit shy with really big, sharp knives.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/445016-how-to-cook-white-beets/

[Retrograde]

14. I've heard of white beets

but have never seen one. The rootlet does look beet-y. A beet will have rings -even red ones, which have alternating dark red and darker red ones - if you cut them on the equator.

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. Been there.

lol

[twodogsbarking]

6. When in doubt throw it out, or throw it up.

[Retrograde]

9. Label items before putting them in the freezer

After a few surprises I now write the name and date of everything that goes into the freezer. It avoids unpleasant surprises, like pulling what you though were slices of meatloaf out and upon thawing having it turn out to be fruitcake. Or vice versa.

[Marthe48]

11. I label some things

But whatever these were, might have been something one of our daughters gave me. I probably won't ask, so I don't hurt their feelings.