# What do YOU do with --- turnips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550 "2009-01-16T04:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/41 "2009-01-17T08:13:01Z")
> [@G. Odoreida](#): > > Feed them to sheep - I think turnips taste disgusting. I’m Scottish so I’m supposed to have them with haggis but I mash sweet potato instead as it looks the same but is edible. I am English but there is only one true recipe for turnips and it has to be with Haggis > **[Haggis, Tatties and Neeps Scottish Recipe](https://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2001-01/haggis.xml)** > > On the 25th January is Burns Night so why not celebrate it like every good Scot with Haggis accompanied with Tatties and Neeps (mashed potatoes with a little nutmeg and Mashed Swede also known as turnip with a little ginger). In this recipe I have... ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/42 "2009-01-17T10:04:44Z")
[GOODIES, ca. 1970’s] **Tim** , reading haggis recipe: “(ingredient), (ingredient), and — Oh! Poor little tomcat!” [/GOODIES] I do admit, though, the tatties and neeps sound pretty dang good. I think I would drizzle the whiskey over _them_. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/43 "2009-01-17T11:39:37Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > \*\*Roasted rocks too; I’ll bet they’d be great with yams & a chicken. Rocks are a poor choice for a side dish IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/44 "2009-01-17T12:39:16Z")
Not the simplest recipe, but delicious: Mashed Potatoes with Braised Turnips 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 pound (2 medium) turnips, peeled and chopped 2 small leeks (white and light green parts only), sliced thin 1/3 cup dry white wine 1 bay leaf 1 cup chicken broth 1 1/3 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces 3/4 cup milk Chopped parsley Melt butter and add turnips. Add leeks and cook until soft. Season generously with pepper. Add wine and bay leaf and boil until liquid is reduced to a glaze. Add broth and boil until liquid is reduced by half. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until liquid is almost evaporated. Boil potatoes and mash. Add milk as necessary. Discard bay leaf and add turnips to potatoes. Garnish with parsley. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/45 "2009-01-17T13:22:58Z")
> [@manila](#): > > I am English but there is only one true recipe for turnips and it has to be with Haggis > > [Haggis, Tatties and Neeps Scottish Recipe](http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2001-01/haggis.xml) There seems to be a bit of confusion here. I always thought that neeps were made not from white turnips but from swedes (Rutabagas). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/46 "2009-01-17T13:56:01Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Rocks are a poor choice for a side dish IMHO. Hey, you do what you can in this economy! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/47 "2009-01-17T14:45:08Z")
> [@Rayne\_Man](#): > > There seems to be a bit of confusion here. I always thought that neeps were made not from white turnips but from swedes (Rutabagas). I don’t know which is which but what people in Scotland call ‘neeps’ or ‘turnips’ are the big purple ones with orange insides which are about the size of a human head. Until about 20 years ago these were what we carved hallowe’en lanterns out of (shops now sell pumpkins for this). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/48 "2009-01-17T14:51:51Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/49 "2009-01-17T15:02:07Z")
> [@G. Odoreida](#): > > I don’t know which is which but what people in Scotland call ‘neeps’ or ‘turnips’ are the big purple ones with orange insides which are about the size of a human head. Until about 20 years ago these were what we carved hallowe’en lanterns out of (shops now sell pumpkins for this). They are what we call swedes in England. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/50 "2009-01-17T19:43:18Z")
I peel them, chop them up, and saute them. No bitterness. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/51 "2009-01-19T01:03:59Z")
Oooh, I love turnips! I’ve never eaten them raw – I might try that. We boil them as a side veggie, but mostly add them to a pot roast: roast, onion, carrots, red and green pepper, small chunks of potatoes, and turnip chunks – yum. (Parsnips are good too!) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550/52 "2009-01-19T06:54:17Z")
Sliced and boiled, with butter. In a chicken fricasse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-turnips/481550.md?page=2)