Can I roast a swede?

[Flumpytina]

Or should I just boil & mash?

I need an answer by 4 when the spuds are going in.

If you were a Premiership footballer you could roast anything.

Yes, but only if it is Ulrika Jonsson, IIRC.

Sorry.
I wouldn't roast a swede.

am not understanding......but I have no soccer skill whatsoever.

I've roasted swede before when I've been roasting other veg. It was very nice. Did it just the same as the potatoes, but didn't bother boiling first.

Oh thank you Armadillo, I was SO hoping someone would tell me that...just couldn't be arsed using up another saucepan and the masher for it. Will go and chop it into potato sized chunks now.

The collective knowledge of MN is a great and powerfull thing.

Yep swede is lovely roasted but I'd cut it smaller than the potatoes.

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Oil the chunks first. You don't need to parboil them if they're cut fairly small.

Well tried the swede and it was horrid (well completely undercooked), my chunks were probably too large and I have a shite oven.

Will mash next time.

Turnip to us Scots, yes you could raost it but agree might need parboiling first, I don't like it and only use it in soup.

never tried swede roasted...must try that.
I love mashed swede and carrots together though...hmmmmmmmm!

Aren't Turnips different to swede though?

Turnips are sweeter than swede, and prettier too. You can roast any root veg. If you're not certain about it you should parboil first, dry and then oil or grease with melted fat. Or you can take a chance and just grease and roast for much longer. Either way, yummmmmmmeeeeee.

are turnips more like parsnips in taste? If so, I know I will love them...must admit, never tried turnips.

Scottish turnip
Scottish swede .

I believe that in England the names are reversed. They are slightly different varieties.

No - but can flambe a Fin

or Barbecue a Bulgarian

So Skribble is a neep a turnip (what I would identify as a swede), and do you boil and mash that with potato for tatties and neeps?

or poach a Pole

Whizz, stop that now, my s in swede was lower case to prevent foreign nationals cooking confusion.

I can saute a Slovak

braise a brazilian

Or Parboil a Peruvian

steam a south african