Boy! I fooled myself good this time !

1shotwade · #1 12/18/14, 07:32 PM

I went to the garden the other day and pulled some turnips,all over the size of a softball. Figured I'd get them out of the way to allow more room for growth.First thing I did was wash one up and munch on it raw while poking around on HT. Since the hard freeze the turnips are much milder and sweeter so I was enjoying it.
A couple days later my wife fixed a burger and fries and mac&cheese.I dug into the meal only to find what I thought was fries was actually slices of pear! I couldn't figure where she got a pear this time of year as I only raise bartletts and by the texture of this it was an O'keeffe.And why would she slice it up to look like french fries.
A couple hours later I thought I'd give her a hard time about not being able to tell a potato from a pear.Well,that came back to bite me! My pear that I thought was potato was actually,(you guessed it!) Turnip!
She had as much fun with that as I thought I was going to have! Joke's on me!

Wade

FarmboyBill · #2 12/18/14, 07:37 PM

Sounds like you guys have alotta fun lol

mnn2501 · #3 12/19/14, 09:42 AM

Had a decent sized crop of Turnips a couple years back and tried turnip fries for the first time - not bad. I wouldn't want to have them all the time but they are a nice (and healthy) change every so often.

buslady · #4 12/19/14, 10:07 AM

I like to slice them with a skillet of potatoes and onions. So good.....

sisterpine · #5 12/19/14, 11:05 AM

Do chickens like turnips!

TRAILRIDER · #6 12/19/14, 02:55 PM

Mmmmmm!

itsb · #7 12/20/14, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by buslady

I like to slice them with a skillet of potatoes and onions. So good.....

ya I never liked cooked turnups,a budy told me to try them in fryed taters,well I did guess what ! I rurnt a skillet of good taters

Rustaholic · #8 12/20/14, 11:05 AM

I love turnips any way we do them.
Parsnips too.
If want to keep them for yourself do not hand me a rutabaga either.
All of them are yummy food.

motdaugrnds · #9 12/20/14, 09:54 PM

Wade that is so funny! Yes, the joke's on you. Next time take a small knife with you and, instead of eating the "tops" of those turnips raw, dig up the root (peel it) and nibble on it....yummmmm

I like chunks of turnips boiled in with mustard greens then served with cornbread.

wogglebug · #10 12/21/14, 03:04 AM

Mashed turnips with a dash of butter or olive oil. Mmm-mmm, yum!

1shotwade · #11 12/21/14, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by motdaugrnds

Wade that is so funny! Yes, the joke's on you. Next time take a small knife with you and, instead of eating the "tops" of those turnips raw, dig up the root (peel it) and nibble on it....yummmmm

I like chunks of turnips boiled in with mustard greens then served with cornbread.

That's what I do! I don't have a problem with turnip greens but they are not my fav. I do love the turnip itself though!

Wade