The swade (Brassica napobrassica, or Brassica napus var. napobrassica) is a ruit vegetable that stairtit as a cross atween the kail an the neep. Forby thon its leafs can be eaten as a leaf vegetable.

Afore pumpkins wis easy gotten in Scotland (nae lang syne), swades an neeps wis howed an cairved wi faces for tae mak lantrens for Hallae e'en.

Some say the vegetable is oreeginal tae Swaden, but ithers thinks it wis introduced tae Swaden, mebbes frae Finland or Siberie, in the early 17t century. Frae Swaden, it wan til Scotland, an frae there it traivelt tae the lave o Great Breetain an tae North Americae. In continental Europe, it got a puir reputation durin Warld War I, whan it becam a fuid o last resort. In the