‘The next we come to is the Rootabaga Country where the big city is the Village of Liver-and-Onions,’ said Gimme the Ax, looking again in his pocket to be sure he had the long slick yellow leather slab ticket with a blue spanch across it. …. ~~Carl Sandburg, Rootabaga Stories Rutabagas (Brassicca napus), also called … More Roots on My Mind: Rutabagas