Turnip

[jennyjoan]

I like the above but find in recent years not good. A friend I worked with - her husband grew veggies - he told her to always go for Turnip that was pointy.

Anybody got good turnip recently.

[Clanad]

Being from the Colonies, I'm not familiar with 'Pointy Turnips'... However, we do raise a lot of parsnips...

[Prudie]

I'm not from the Colonies and I've never seen a pointy turnip either.

[Islay]

Nope a neep is only any good after it has been on the first frost.

[retrocop]

Now this is were it gets confusing. My late M.I.L (scottish) used to come down from Musselburgh to stay with us. She insisted that what we Saarveners called swede (round and brown) was "turnip" and the small tennis/golf ball size which was whitish/green was swede . Even when I pointed out the labels in Tesco,Sainsburys Asda et al that it was swede she insisted it was turnip. I could of swung for that woman for many reasons but for some stupid reason that argument would arise when we were having a BBQ with salad in the Summer!! grrrrrr

[stuey]

Where do rutabagas fit into this discussion?

[Chipchopper]

I searched high and low for a turnip, and then I found it, getting drunk in the salad bar!

[Meg]

I call the round and brown thing a turnip, although the shops label it as "swede". Years ago I think I remember ones with pointy ends but haven't seen one in ages.

[tonyav]

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jan/25/neeps-swede-or-turnip

[shoota]

Rutabaga is what the French call a swede.
Navet is what the French call a turnip.


(I think that is the right way round, it's been a while....)

[shoota]

Don't they lop the pointy bits off these days for supermarkets?

[DTCwordfan]

turnips - white and a little purple - can look a little rounded pointed and like a bloody great radish.... rutabaga/swede, orangey purply on the outside, an orange-ochre inside and the basis of neeps (and rather good they are too, mashed, good salted butter and a few grinds of pepper - or a sprinkle of my famous chipotle, maybe a smidge of maple syrup or even Drambuie whisked through......yum

[Biccylova]

The only turnips I have found this winter looked like green and white large radish, they were spongy inside, not nice at all.