Parsnips starting to regrow

So far this winter we have had it pretty mild (don't have a thermometer but have outside tap used daily and it is a great indicator as to temperature and it's only been soild for 2 days in November SO FAR!)
I was lifting some Parsnips today for supper and see the damn things are beginning to get new top growth.
I presume that I need to get lifting the rest (a lot) asap? This does not suit as my chest freezer is jammed full of god knows all what and I'd be lucky to squeeze much more in it. It already has a paving slab on it to keep the lid down!
If it gets much colder as February often can do you think I can leave the Parsnips in for say another month? by which time the "crisis" of the deep freeze should have improved or am I best to lift them and suppose puree them then freeze (maybe, if I'm lucky) so they take up as little space as possible. The only other alternative would be to lift and feed them to the family for breakfast lunch and dinner for the next 3 weeks.

 

Have they started putting out the fine white side roots yet Silu?

 

Yes @Zigs the bugg..s have. I noticed them on the ones I lifted. All suggesting they need to be lifted I fear?

 

Yep, the goodness will start to go out of them

Can you stretch to one of these?

5-Tier Food Dehydrator

That was just the first one I found, got mine cheaper from Amazon.

Then you could save them to lob in your Haggis and Tartan soup later on

 

Parsnip wine

 

Lift them before they develop woody cores.

 

Ahha thought there would be some smart remark. If only I could lob my ever increasingly woody Parsnips as far as Sumerzet!
Gawd the ones I have roasting atm were quite (hellishly) woody. Nearly bust my preparing knife on them and decided to remove the centres which will be okish for some NON (NB Zigs) tartan soup.
Had a look at the link thanks Zigs. This is quite a good idea which I need to do some homework on. I saw that @JWK has something similar to use on his excess Tomatoes. Hopefully he will see this and give me his views. Part of my excess in freezer "problem" is because I have huge bags of frozen excess Tomatoes .
Thank you @NigelJ. I wonder if there is somewhere I could buy a bottle and see if I like it or not before I go to the bother. I like fairly dry white wine and can't imagine I would like Parsnip wine but maybe completely wrong. I did make Elderberry wine once......accent on the once. Only fit to offer someone you didn't want to accept the offer of a 2nd drink! Excellent for anybody who qualified for 1 of my granny's cracking remarks " My god he had his sitting breeks on" (said of someone who didn't know when to leave). They don't make grannies like they used to, PC and mine were a million miles apart and I loved her dearly for it

 

Use a turbo yeast and you'll have a dry white wine and as strong as Buckie

 

Excuse me, how could you even imagine I knew what Buckie is.Hellish stuff but does the job I suppose of getting you paralitic in superfast time and cheaply. I'd choose Scrumpy every day of the week to do the same job but it isn't readily available in Scotland

 

Thanks @JWK. When storing do the plastic bags need to be vaccum pack types or just similar to freezer bags? Also what make is yours and would you recommend? I also have A LOT of frozen cooked Beetroot. Do you cook yours before or after dehydrating. If I got 1 could I use it on the currently frozen Toms and Beetroot if I defrosted them before putting in the machine. Can you sense the note of desperation here? I have SO much stuff in my freezer it is a military manoeuvre to get anything out of it unless what I want is right on the top.
On the weather, isn't it bonkers we have been incredibly mild unlike the SE of England. Should be the other way round!

 

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