{"id":173,"date":"2008-04-13T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2008-04-13T18:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T01:47:00","slug":"consider-the-rutabaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/13\/consider-the-rutabaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the Rutabaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2411416481\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2328\/2411416481_4cb1d5fec2.jpg?w=1080\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2411416481\/\">Rutabaga<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/coffeejitters\/\">coffeejitters<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rutabaga\">Rutabaga<\/a>, also known as swede, yellow turnip, or in Scotland, neeps, originated as a cross between cabbage and turnips.  I thought about neeps and tatties for dinner tonight, but it&#8217;s a drizzly, gray Sunday afternoon and  Mr. H is still recovering from pneumonia.  I think this calls for a hearty beef and root vegetable stew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">Rutabaga has a very strong flavor that becomes even more pronounced the longer it cooks.  It is important not to overcook or it may become bitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Beef and Root Vegetable Stew<\/span><br \/>1.5 lb beef sirloin, 1 inch cubes<br \/>4 good sized potatoes<br \/>1\/2 rutabaga<br \/>4 parsnips<br \/>6 carrots<br \/>1\/2 onion<\/p>\n<p>Let the meat get a nice carmelization over medium high heat before lowering the heat.  Chop all vegetables to 1 inch cubes and add to the pot. Once the veggies are <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">almost<\/span> fork tender, make a roux of bacon fat (or whatever floats your boat) and flour, add a bit of the broth from the beef and vegetables and stir till smooth and add to the stew (or you can just deglaze the pan with broth or red wine).<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\u00a9 Copyright Judy Haley 2008. All rights reserved.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rutabaga, originally uploaded by coffeejitters. Rutabaga, also known as swede, yellow turnip, or in Scotland, neeps, originated as a cross between cabbage and turnips. I thought about neeps and tatties for dinner tonight, but it&#8217;s a drizzly, gray Sunday afternoon and Mr. H is still recovering from pneumonia. I think this calls for a hearty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[33,885],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-cooking-recipes-food","tag-eating-well","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":null,"tags_names":{"33":{"name":"Cooking &amp; Recipes","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/cooking-recipes-food\/"},"885":{"name":"Eating Well","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/eating-well\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-2N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":247,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/28\/google-search-terms\/","url_meta":{"origin":173,"position":0},"title":"Google Search Terms","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"Every once in a while a visit to Google Analytics will provide some data that I'm not quite sure how to process Here's a sample of search terms that turned up for CoffeeJitters: how to get rid of coffee jitters (ahem, seriously people!) shooting dad did you lose something its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/creating-a-living\/blogging-creating-a-living\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-3.png?fit=1200%2C858&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-3.png?fit=1200%2C858&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-3.png?fit=1200%2C858&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-3.png?fit=1200%2C858&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-3.png?fit=1200%2C858&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":172,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/12\/sunset\/","url_meta":{"origin":173,"position":1},"title":"Sunset","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunset, originally uploaded by coffeejitters. 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