{"id":2584,"date":"2015-04-05T19:43:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T18:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brekku.stovu.net\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:38:53","slug":"the-babel-of-the-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brekku.stovu.net\/en\/2015\/04\/05\/the-babel-of-the-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"The Babel of the roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

In connection with the solar eclipse we got visitors from Italia. During such a visit several activities are in play, excursions, museums, but\u00a0indeed also food. It turned out that they were very interested in trying Faroese food, both grind (pilot whale), spik (blubber), skerpikj\u00f8t (dried sheep meat) and rullupylsa (sausage made of rolled mutton) \u2013 and what else we could think of. In return we got a great selection of unique food from Italy \u2013 cheese, balsamico, spagetti, tortellini, tomato sauce, kake.<\/p>\n

Hence food was also a subject for discussion, and usually the discussion ran without problems \u2013 untill the day we should explain what swede (in Faroese k\u00e1lrabi) is. The discussion was held in English, so it was the words \u201cswede\u201d or \u201cturnips\u201d we had to decide on \u2013 and as a biologist it was important for me to get the proper word on the roots that we had as a side together with the roasted lamb. In Faroese there was no doubt, the roots were k\u00e1lrabi. Some knew for sure that in Scotland these roots were called turnips. And sure, it isn\u2019t just in the Faroes that we can have a lively discussion on the name of the roots \u2013 they do so also in UK, as can be seen in this entertaining article in The Guardian from 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The conclusion of our discussion of the name of the root was that we were eating what they in Italy call rapa \u2013 and in daily use they do not distinguish between the type of root. This is also expressed in the Faroese-Italian dictionary.<\/p>\n

In the Faroese dictionary the word k\u00e1lrabi can\u2019t be found, and the only entry in the Danish-Faroese dictionary is that this is the same as \u201ck\u00e5lroe\u201d (cabbage-root). The reason for this is probably that the word k\u00e5lrabi has it\u2019s origin from a mix up with the cabbage kohlrabi. So it is not only i UK, Italy and the Faroes that there are uncertainties on the roots, but indeed also in the other Northern countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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