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Spooky Rutabaga 2 (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago by janus2 to c/[email protected]

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Another carved rutabaga for this year

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminiscent of the original carved turnip!

[–] janus2 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

what we call turnips in the US are apparently a different species than what we call rutabagas, which Europe calls Swede/neep/tumshie/etc. These were probably the first type of vegetable to be carved into spoopy lamps for Samhain and related fall festivities

at least that's what I've gathered from reading Wikipedia and the internet

US turnips are a lot softer and would probably be easier to carve but have less longevity (haven't tried myself)