[tjg911]

yeah i hear from time to time that deep southern states have frost/freeze issues but i suspect it is rare and can't be counted on. and yes, texas is huge and probably has every type of weather even similar to up here as far as cold and snow just not as prolonged as our winter. i just did not think people in the deep south could rely upon a frost to sweeten rutabagas, parsnips, carrots and broccoli.

i never ate a rutabaga that had not experienced many frosts and some freezes so i can't say how much they sweeten up but i've read it so much that i accept that frosts do change the starches into sugars. so for the reason that some parts of the deep south seldom experience a frost, i wondered if you just did not care whether the rutabagas would be sweetened by a frost.

tom