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These compounds also cause the bitter taste of rutabaga. [ 31 ] As with watercress, mustard greens, turnip, broccoli, and horseradish, human perception of bitterness in rutabaga is governed by a gene affecting the TAS2R bitter receptor, which detects the glucosinolates in rutabaga.
The leaves grow directly from the above-ground shoulder of the root, with little or no visible crown or neck (as found in rutabagas). [citation needed] Turnip leaves are sometimes eaten as "turnip greens" ("turnip tops" in the UK), and they resemble mustard greens (to which they are closely related) in flavor. Turnip greens are a common side ...
The rutabaga or swede differs from the turnip (Brassica rapa) in that it is typically larger and yellow-orange rather than white. In the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and Atlantic Canada, the yellow-fleshed variety are referred to as "turnips", whilst the white-fleshed variety are called "white turnips".
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Kohlrabi (German: [koːlˈʁaːbi] ⓘ; pronounced / k oʊ l ˈ r ɑː b i / in English; scientific name Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group), also called German turnip or turnip cabbage, is a biennial vegetable, a low, stout cultivar of wild cabbage.
People often mistake turnips for radishes, and while they're both different root vegetables, turnips taste somewhat like a cross between cabbage and radishes.