Mystery root vegetable similar to a carrot What is it what is it??????

Question

Rho............? NOT RUTEBEGA, NOR RADISH.

Answer 1

I can't distinguish a rutabaga from radish, and you expect me to know what that is? I would say a freak of nature carrot. Cut it out with the DNA experiments.

Answer 2

Sid Vicious?

Answer 3

Wild carrots were white, later on, black, purple, yellow, and red ones were grown. It wasn’t until 300 years ago that patriotic Dutch scientists created carrots in Holland’s national color: orange! Maybe your mystery root vegetable is a throw back carrot from long ago.

Answer 4

Jerusalem artichokes? I made a soup with them last week. Except that they don't look like carrots much, but are root vegetables.

Answer 5

do you mean parsnip?

Answer 6

ginseng?

Answer 7

i think parsnip

Answer 8

We have purple carrots

Answer 9

gobo or burdock (they are the same thing)

or a purple carrot like purple haze (one i have grown several times-tasty)

Answer 10

its a beet, beet ...its so unique?

Rhubarb?

Answer 11

Rotato.

The self-peeling potato.  I haven't perfected it yet.

Answer 12

Tyler Durden, this vegetable is not even common in Germany, it's place of origin.

Answer 13

There are field carrots that grow like weeds. We have them growing everywhere here. I will see if I can find the name. I can't be sure they are what you mean. BBL

Answer 14

Purple carrots are an old variety.

Answer 15

beet

Answer 16

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called the sunroot or sunchoke or topinambur.

Glad to be of help.

Answer 17

Rho Pi Phi - Lambda Sigma Delta Chapter. that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

Answer 18

Femole.. have you been around Tyler and Pen too much.. do you need to join the brain transplant list?

Answer 19

Parsnip, salsify, sweet potato, cassava, yucca,ginger?

None of these? Check here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_vegeta...

Or here........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ro...

Answer 20

Hi Sounds like wild carrot - called Queen Annes Lace in the US the orginal wild carrot.  Often domesticated carrots release seeds which turn back to their wild ancestor.

Are the roots spindly and tough to pull up?

More at the World Carrot Museum.

John

Answer 21

do you mean rhubarb?