Excessive vegetable size quandary

[quimcunx]

Swedish turnips are indeed superior, or neeps as I call them.

 

[Cid]

Cabbage is excellent in stir fries, raw in kebabs, as filler for pastie-like things, in bhajis, as a chutney... Loads of stuff. Few recipes here:

http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/recipes/cabbage#recipe6

 

[pinkmonkey]

Any random bits of veg I've got left over (depending what they are), go on to make soup, curry, fritatta, roast veg or get added as a pizza topping. Or they go in the dog.

 

[quimcunx]

Any random bits of veg I've got left over (depending what they are), go on to make soup, curry, fritatta, roast veg or get added as a pizza topping. Or they go in the dog.

which end?

 

[pennimania]

It used to take HOURS of pain hollowing out turnip lanterns,folk don't know they're born hollowing out wussy pumpkins

God - how I remember the misery of that - and they always caved in because I'd cut them in the wrong place and they were too small.

the joys of a Yorkshire childhood

 

[pinkmonkey]

which end?

the sniffy end not the whiffy end

 

[Callie]

You can buy mini cabbages - they cost the same probbaly as an entire cabbage but at least you wouldnt be throwing any away.

Not sure how well cabbage freezes? might that be an option? or just plan your following meals to include cabbage.

 

[Espresso]

Swede is short for Swedish turnip (yellow flesh) as opposed to your usual white turnip

All swedes are turnips but not all turnips are swedes

Cor. Why did I not know that before, I wonder? Ta for that. Makes perfect sense now.

 

[mr steev]

God - how I remember the misery of that - and they always caved in because I'd cut them in the wrong place and they were too small.

the joys of a Yorkshire childhood

Bloody luxury. We used to have a broad bean and a pin

 

[geminisnake]

Chop and freeze them in the amounts you can use.

This or just buy frozen veg. Frozen peas and sweetcorn are £1/kg and £1.20(ish)/kg at Lidl. Not impressed to see the hike in the sweetcorn price
They do mix veg(broccoli, carrot and cauliflower) for about £1 too.

 

[stuff_it]

We used to use turnips as halloween 'pumpkins' in the 80s. And they looked like those swedes.

We did and all.....kids these days don't know they're born, etc.

 

[Espresso]

Bloody luxury. We used to have a broad bean and a pin

A whole broad bean?
Poshlad.

 

[pennimania]

Bloody luxury. We used to have a broad bean and a pin

someone's going to appear and say they had to use a grass seed and a cat's whisker

Probaby Expresso

 

[Citizen66]

Pins? We had to make do with chicken bones. From other people's bins.

 

[mr steev]

Pins? What's with the plural? We only had one and I had to fight for that with my 8 brothers and 5 sisters

 

[Clair De Lune]

I don't buy cabbage of cauli whole so am no help sorry.

I am still wondering what to do with this beaut though. After I have washed my love muck off it obviously.

 

[mrs quoad]

MOAR guinea pigs?

Well being scottish living in England there is a lot of confusion.

This is what I call a neep/swede

larger, yellow/purple.

And this a turnip

smaller white/purple

I think the latter is a native turnip and the former a swedish turnip which emigrated here at some point and became more popular.

They're both blatantly turnips, but the upper one is also a Swede.

hth.

Chop and freeze them in the amounts you can use.

 

[Greebo]

I don't buy cabbage of cauli whole so am no help sorry.

I am still wondering what to do with this beaut though. After I have washed my love muck off it obviously.<snip>

Well, you could make some of it into special vegetable soup for the next lot of JWs coming to your door.

 

[mrs quoad]

I don't buy cabbage of cauli whole so am no help sorry.

I am still wondering what to do with this beaut though. After I have washed my love muck off it obviously.

I bet fogbat slept through your gardening n all.

 

[danny la rouge]

I don't know the difference between turnip and swede. They seem identical.

A Swede is a person from Sweden, a turnip is a root vegetable.

 

[danny la rouge]

Don't think anything is sold as 'swedes' there even.

Tescos are getting a lot of things wrong. They insist on calling them "Swedes (Scotland only)", which suggests they know they are getting something wrong, but not actually what it is they have got wrong.

They also get very confused about pancakes and tattie scones.

 

[Citizen66]

All I know is what is a turnip in the north goes by the name of a swede in the supermarkets I frequent in the smoke.

 

[mr steev]

All I know is what is a turnip in the north goes by the name of a swede in the supermarkets I frequent in the smoke.

That's because a swede is a Swedish turnip. They're both the right names. The problems come when people start calling white turnips swedes. Swedes/Swedish turnips have orange flesh

 

[campanula]

Swede was my surname (Suzy Swede) - I suffered at school!

 

[Espresso]

I don't buy cabbage of cauli whole so am no help sorry.

I am still wondering what to do with this beaut though. After I have washed my love muck off it obviously.

At the risk of sounding like a complete arse, what sort of vegetable is that?

 

[Citizen66]

Looks like a photoshopped chili...

 

[Clair De Lune]

At the risk of sounding like a complete arse, what sort of vegetable is that?

It's a wonky courgette

 

[Espresso]

Blimey.
Emphasis on the wonky.