Horse carrots and parsnips - Can we eat them?

drummer072

My local discount store has 10kg sacks of carrots and parsnips for £1.99. They are advertising them as horse food but they appear to be ok. Is it because they are just mis-shappen or is there some other reason they are not being sold for human consumption.

lostinrates

I use horse carrots often. If I'd seen horse parsnips I'd try them too.

Rummer

Just misshapen and in bulk, we buy them for the animals and use them in our cookery, never seen turnips, usually apples and carrots at out feed merchants.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I have never seen horse parsnips before,

basically they are just the mis-shape or very large, and the supermarkets dont want htem..

I normally buy a sack of horse carrots peel blanch and freeze, fantastic for adding to casseroles etc...

Janey3

I think it is because they are mis-shapen. We've eaten horse carrots and they are fine. Never had or seen any horse parnsips for sale round my way.