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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: DD. on January 20, 2009, 12:10

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: DD. on January 20, 2009, 12:10

Half way down the row now & came across this. (The parsnip, not the daughter).

4lb 5 oz, 16" long 17" circumference.

Should do a few Sunday Dinners!

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/G4IAR/DSCF1340.jpg)

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: lucywil on January 20, 2009, 12:26

very impressive!! just out of interest do you peel them or just cook them with the skin on?

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: DD. on January 20, 2009, 12:28

Peel them AND core them - especially this size - just to leave the tender bits.

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: lucywil on January 20, 2009, 12:31

yes i always peel them but my mum doesn't, i dont like it personally so dont know which taste best, mind you never heard my lot complain about either so i guess they are not bothered either way

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: DD. on January 20, 2009, 12:36

We've had the core/don't core debate - looks like we may start the peel/don't peel one now!

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: madcat on January 20, 2009, 13:01

I used to peel bought parsnips - they were tough on the outside.  Storage?  Travel? variety?  dont know.  But I just scrub the ones we grow, the skin is nice and tender.  Likewise the core - often woody and tough in bought ones.  Fresh from the ground, not a problem.   :)

Not that they get to 4lbs weight!  Thats wow!, giant veg standard! :shock:

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: Trillium on January 20, 2009, 14:32

DD is just trying to impress all the ladies on the forum :wink:

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: DD. on January 20, 2009, 14:41

:shock:  :shock:  Trillium - really!!!

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: peapod on January 20, 2009, 14:51

Hes impressed me!!!!!!!!

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: DD. on January 20, 2009, 15:06

I knew it'd make your eyes water. :shock:

I've shown you my parsnip, can I see your swede?

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: Ice on January 20, 2009, 15:08

Would you like to see my pumpkins? :wink:

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: DD. on January 20, 2009, 15:39

Didn't Krusty call them "Mugumbos"?

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: karooba007 on January 20, 2009, 16:59

DD u call that a Parsnip, u should see mine  :wink:

Title: The Latest Parsnip
Post by: peapod on January 20, 2009, 17:05

Quote from: "DD."

I knew it'd make your eyes water. :shock:

I've shown you my parsnip, can I see your swede?

You've seen one already! All the rest are now cut up and frozen, apart from a few left in the ground. But I bet I cant beat your parsnip in a million years!