A question on parsnips......

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Please dont laugh but can parsnips make you ill if there old and you should not have cooked them??
Im away for the weekend and am cooking a big roast trying to use up as much veg in the house as possible. A few of the parsnips looked dead so in the bin they went but some looked old but okish and ive used them........now im not sure if i should have...

They will be fine.

We are great parsnip lovers in this house and have never been ill from them yet.

Old wives' tales about veg making you ill make me laugh. You're a lot more likely to be ill from lack of veg in your diet.

they'll be absolutely fine.

Veg doesn't go off till it looks off, it's mouldy and whiffy and squishy. If they were just a bit old, they'll be absolutely fine.

Cheers guys
My roast was the best ever lol Everything was perfect (oh apart from over cooking my greens slightly )
Its just one thing i've never really thought about then in the middle of cooking tonight that thought snuck in my head. feel realy silly now