{"id":221,"date":"2009-03-02T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forthillfarm.com\/news\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:32:24","slug":"rutabaga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/?page_id=221","title":{"rendered":"Rutabaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoTitle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; font-family: Times New Roman;\">Rutabaga<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">The Rutabaga we grow, the Gilfeather Turnip, is an heirloom as was once highly sought after.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It originated in Wardsboro Vermont from a farmer by the name of John Gilfeather.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>He started growing them in the early 1900\u2019s and they quickly became popular.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>He would cut the tops and roots off the rutabaga before selling them so that no one could \u2018steal\u2019 his precious heirloom secret.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Storage and Handling:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">Rutabagas can be stored in your refrigerator crisper drawer in a loosely closed plastic bag for up to month or more. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">If you are fortunate enough to have a root cellar, they can be stored long-term when un-washed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Culinary Uses:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">These heirloom rutabagas are delicious and sweet.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>They are great boiled and mashed with butter, salt and pepper.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>They can be mashed with potatoes, roasted, braised, sliced into gratins, and added into soups and stews.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rutabaga \u00a0 The Rutabaga we grow, the Gilfeather Turnip, is an heirloom as was once highly sought after.\u00a0 It originated in Wardsboro Vermont from a farmer by the name of John Gilfeather.\u00a0 He started growing them in the early 1900\u2019s and they quickly became popular.\u00a0 He would cut the tops and roots off the rutabaga&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}