Turnips

[notnowbernard]

I love celeriac.

But I have no idea re turnips. What do you do with them?

Ideas required!

Don't they just pad out other things like casseroles and soups? Never heard of them on their own.

Neeps! You can boil and mash them. They are very sweet, like parsnips and carrots.

The are a good addition to shepherds' pie.

Keep getting them in the vegetable box.

I like getting things I would never normally buy, but am at a loss with the neeps!

Do you mash them with butter and black pepper etc?

I use them in casseroles etc and often add some in recipes that call for carrots, along with the carrots. Or you can roast them. I love all roasted root veg.

Turnips! Turnips people, a home grown vegetable. You'd never be stuck with an avocado, would you?

Cook 'em and mash'em. Pepper and butter, yum. Instead of mashed carrot for example.

Put in in mince, cottage pie etc. Add it to a broth.

merryscot, can you beleive it

do you live in the south, bernard?

Mashed 'neeps' for us, then!

Thanks

I am a southern pansy, yes

We have no neep mountains here...

Bit of a turnip fan then pointy?

ok, understandable then. Imagine the southerner's surprise at finding a turnip in her vegetable box.

I don't actually buy turnip a lot. It's a very hard vegetable. But I like the taste.

They are very cheap so your box will be bulging with them. So to speak.

turnips and taters

1:1 proportions. boil both add butter salt and pepper more butter and eat.
can also stick under grill with more buter to crisp top.

and a bit of butter for good luck, yes?

yes, a tad more butter needed, bat

a dod

i soup em or mash em..

lash o' butter in for good mash pw
(no milk though)
sometimes i sprinkle with tarragon chopped
black pepper abd salt

v nice in soups with split pea lentils and slightly sweet too..
love turnip

lol a dod
you never hear that down here unless me old man is around!

sorry meant boil both till self-mashing add butter x 8 etc.

onebatouttahullonahandcart!
you new round here?

I think i'm a bit confused too - is it namechange thats upset you hairy? see Hull thread [http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1375/431079?stamp=071129231428 here for context]] if you didn't already, if not tell me more..

aanyways off to bed before 2am wakeup.

They are lovely roasted. I do a big dish of mixed roasted veg with sweet potatoes, butternut squash, turnip etc.

They are also lovely mashed and in mince.

obm
ohhhh, i was havering a bit last night!
no, loved your namechange, was on the 'ull thread
and
the ruck thing was referring to comment i read earlier..

my friend told me my texts were cryptic this week too... cause i dont meant them to be!!

sick child today so doubt my exclamation mark will get much use.