Swede

[hammerman]

Ok, so i buy a swede from Tesco. What next ?

Do i peel the skin off ? do i cut around the "root" area or do i just chop the lot up and throw it in the pot ?

[flump1]

Peel it, dice it, boil it, ( 15 mins) mash with salt and pepper. Enjoy.

[boxtops]

^what flump said. You can't eat the skin, but it makes good compost.

[boxtops]

^ PS if you don't like it, please can I have it?

[shaneystar2]

Dice it ,mix it with diced carrots , cook then mash with lots of butter and black pepper .Yum .

[Sparkles62]

Peel it, boil it, mash it in with your potatoes, add a bit of butter and black pepper, delicious
We call it jobbins round here.

[Sqad]

As my very good friend shaneystar has described but, if you have any mashed potatoes left, then add them plus a touch of curry powder.

[Tilly2]

.....and we call it turnip. Mashed potatoes and turnips.

You might need t get the rolling pin out to cut through the thing. I put a carving knife on the top and hit the knife with the rolling pin. There is no way I can cut through it otherwise.

[boxtops]

Noooooo tilly, a turnip is a white thing. It's only in Scotland that people call swedes turnips (Neeps and tatties, most definitely orange swedes!)

[Postdog]

That's a turnip for the books...

[shaneystar2]

I buy it all ready diced in Morrisons .There's no way I can hack through a swede these days :)

[hammerman]

Thanks all.....ive been cooking swede for years. I always peel it and then slice it off the centre core. I steam it, mash it up and add butter, salt and pepper and nutmeg.

I was just wondering if you could eat the skin and the centre bit....i don't peel any other vegetable and only ever peel spuds when i'm doing mash.

Thanks

[jourdain2]

Think the skin's probably a bit tough for eating, but you could always try. I cook the core along with the rest of it. I've just discovered that if you mash the left-overs it freezes OK.