Let Them Eat Turnips!

I thought it was the wrong time of year for turnips, I always remember being told Swede is hardier than turnip.
But it was never something I bothered growing much.

 

I've not taken any notice if they are in the shops here, but there is something that sticks in my mind that there may be some in the shops but i don't like turnips/swede anyway so i will look next tuesday and see, she may be trying to do the oppist to what Mrs curry done with eggs

Let reinvent the wheel

 

Ah..over here we were advised by our glorious Prés to substitute meat and fish with healthy, nourishing (and cheap) pulses. Nothing to do with us not being able to afford decent meat or fish anymore, oh nonono. The last time someone pulled a stunt like that, in 1789, 'the people' chopped her head off, so watch yourself, M Macron!

 

I wonder if she meant swedes.

I can't remember ever seeing turnips in the shops. I do however see swedes. I don't know if it's a local, regional or national thing but round here, most people erroneously call swedes turnips.

 

I've grown turnips and swede, swede are a lot hardier than turnips, turnips can be grown for their tops which can be eaten like mustard greens, I've also seen them grown and used as fodder for sheep.
Turnips are white fleshed, Swedes are yellow fleshed, a lot harder flesh than turnips. Swedes can be roasted, chipped and made into crisps as well as boiled and mashed, Roasting doesn't really work with turnips.
I prefer swedes.

 

Maybe she should have said "let them eat Hamburg rooted parsley ".

Much more upper class..

 

Yes I often buy turnips - the purple top ones, they have them in the local open air market in a town near here most Fridays.

 

What's the difference between a swede and onion?


Sticking a knife into onion makes you cry.

Finnish joke, and not very new at that... I'll get my knife coat

 

I don't like what we know as turnips but do eat swedes/neeps regularly - and just to confuse you a bit more...

What are Neeps? Everything To Know About Scotland's Favourite Veg - Scottish Scran

 

Excuse me while I digress for a moment. My daughter said yesterday the price of a cauliflower where she lives in Canada is now equivalent too £8.22