Hi Linda!! Ya, I'm still around! All I can say is my grandmother was VERY creative with her cooking (except for baking, her foods weren't that interesting!!) The turnips, rutabaga & yams were always mashed (like mashed potatoes) with a bit of sugar added for sweetness. I doubt if that can be attributed to the Swedes, but who knows?? Yes, we would have the potato/turnip mixture, also - I think the potatoes helped take some of the bitterness of the turnips away! They always had sugar cubes in the house for the strong coffee - never used granulated sugar for that. I remember Morfar putting who knows how many cubes in his coffee, then before they would dissolve he'd get them out one-by-one and eat the coffee saturated cubes!! We'd always sneak the cubes from the silver tea service!! They were best when a bit "older", since they were harder & more like candy (no wonder my mouth is full of fillings!!! <G>) -Linnea P.S. (The PD have their scrapple, the Swedes their Kalvsylta - something else to eat with spicy mustard!!) >Hi Linnea, >Long time no see. >I have a question do you think the Swedish may have originated the >potato/turnip >mixture of the texture of mashed potatoes then? My mother always used to make >this concoction. >I have never even tried, although it was not one I detested like scrapple. I >always promise myself it would never go down my throat again once I grew >up. That >is one promise I have managed to keep. lol >As I child I always found the times we had it was the ideal time to go to the >bathroom and down it all down the toilet. lol Funny memories of being a child. >Have a great day!!! >Linda