âHow can a vegetable be ârudeâ?â Talia wonders, when she mis-hears her grandmother asking her to gather ârootâ vegetables for a Rosh Hashanah stew. As Talia digs in the garden, she collects the twisted, ornery carrots and parsnipsâthe ârudeâ vegetables that she thinks her grandmother wantsâand finds a good home for the rest.