Turnips

[Swimmer]

The little lady went food shopping for Thursday last night on her way home from work. She bought prepared food for dinner last night. Sweet potato and turnips with some spices thrown on top. Oh God do turnips suck. The she says take the rest to work for lunch tomorrow. I took them but they didn't make it in the microwave. Yech!

[gldnbear93]

Sometimes turnips can be bitter, but if you get good ones they are tasty cut up into a stew or mashed together with potatos or swee potatos.

[Rockfish9]

I love 'em... my favorite veggie...

[BigFish]

If cooked/prepared correctly and FRESH......they are great Frank!

[Karl F]

If you ever can get an Eastham Turnip, prefferably a Nickerson variety... skin them cut into chunks a little salt, eat raw, like a carrot... ... dern good cooked too.. but nthing finer than raw with a dash of salt...

[OLD GOAT]

Well Boys I guess you've never had an Eastham turnip. The dam things cost more than the turkey. AT 1.65 a lb and the gas to hit that road side stand down there in Eastham.I bought 2 for thanksgiving and ate them a week a head of time. pure white inside and mild. Anyway THAPPY THANKSGIVEING to all of you guys

[Slingah]

my mother make the turnip from an old Finnish recipe, it's called lunnsu ........ mashed with milk and butter...a little brown sugar on top then spred in a pan and baked for a while.
It's yummy, but also good fuel for that thread of Tagger's.

[spence]

Got some local turnips going into my stew tonight.

-spence

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by Karl F

If you ever can get an Eastham Turnip, prefferably a Nickerson variety... skin them cut into chunks a little salt, eat raw, like a carrot... ... dern good cooked too.. but nthing finer than raw with a dash of salt...

In all these years, I'd never tried an Eastham Turnip. No bitter at all. Made the whole family believers. Jenn's cousin has a small farm and is looking for the seed, I told him good luck. My favorite way is sliced thin dipped in soysauce, but they are very good cooked. They are literally like no other.

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

In all these years, I'd never tried an Eastham Turnip. No bitter at all. Made the whole family believers. Jenn's cousin has a small farm and is looking for the seed, I told him good luck. My favorite way is sliced thin dipped in soysauce, but they are very good cooked. They are literally like no other.

There is SOMETHING in the soil too... I know a gal that got the seeds from Nickerson, and she is growing them on her farm in South Orleans... they are good, but the ones grown in Eastham taste a little better... Eastham used to be famous for it Asparagus crop too, way back... still grows wild here and there... if you were to go out Blackbeards back door and poke around in the meadow there, come springtime, you will come across it growing wild... and it still eats good

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by Karl F

There is SOMETHING in the soil too... I know a gal that got the seeds from Nickerson, and she is growing them on her farm in South Orleans... they are good, but the ones grown in Eastham taste a little better... Eastham used to be famous for it Asparagus crop too, way back... still grows wild here and there... if you were to go out Blackbeards back door and poke around in the meadow there, come springtime, you will come across it growing wild... and it still eats good

My Great-grandfather raised asparagus behind my house in Truro, and dairy cattle. There were still wild plants around when I was a kid. He used to pack the spears in barrels and ship them to "the city" by train. The depot was across the street. Forgot all about that..

[thortum]

My wife cooked some last year for the first time,and they were delicious! Can't remember how they were cooked. Now I'm going to have to ask her to cook more.

[EarnedStripes44]

My grandmother made some turnips that were damn good.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Slingah

my mother make the turnip from an old Finnish recipe, it's called lunnsu ........ mashed with milk and butter...a little brown sugar on top then spred in a pan and baked for a while.

Ya my Mom, Danish side, made them the same way but used cream. Don't know whether that was a Dane recipe or just her love of cream, frozen or otherwise.

[Swimmer]

I guess I'm by myself on this one.

[thortum]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

I guess I'm by myself on this one.

Yeh. What do you know.

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

Macomber turnips mashed together with carrots...mmmmm

[basswipe]

Gonna try them in the garden next season.