Turnip/Swede?

meritaten

I wouldnt bother with cooking and mashing them - just prepare them and freeze them. then use as fresh.

pumkin747

thanks! will have a go of preping and freezing pity my fridge is two small, these are huge swedes

zippychick

what did you do in the end? I'v merged this with our swede thread

Zip

coshboy

arkonite_babe wrote: »

This is where confusion arises!! In NI turnip is the purple skinned one and swede is fed to cattle!! This is what I was brought up with anyway

a_b

And also in Scotland and the north east of England. I don't ever remember seeing the small white things when I was a kid. And we made Halloween lanterns out of the purple turnips.

SmlSave

There's a turnip in my kitchen, please suggest some ideas for me please, pretty please.

I have peppers and an onion too, a few wrinkly mushrooms and lots of potatoes.

unimaginative_user_name

Soup!

Alternatively you could slice the potatoes and turnip thinly, parboil for five minutes then layer up with a softened onion and pepper, sprinkle a bit of cheese on top and bake in the oven until the veg is soft and the cheese golden.

lilbert

Ive just been given one, im making these tomorrow - http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/turnip_and_potato_patties/

lilian1977

Is it definitely a turnip? I only ask because we've recently had an argument at work about what is a turnip and what is a swede!

In my opinion:

Swede:



Turnip:

Artytarty

I call it the other way round!

jackyann

That picture is definitely a turnip, but in Scotland a swede is often called a "neep"!
2 favourite ways with turnips at this time of year:
mix with potato & mash
roast - on their own or with other root veg.