What to do with a turnip? - polite answers only please!

Peel, chop up then freeze. Come winter you can use it, not in summer.

Why would you chuck it in the bin? What a waste. Chop it up and use it in a stew or casserole, or roast along with other root veg and make a roasted veg soup.

it’s ok saying chop it up! How?! I have tried before and come to the conclusion I’d stand a better chance trying to chop a house brick! Any tips please?

Sorry ViceVersa, but I did find that funny.
I wouldn’t throw it in the bin, incidentally, as I like turnips and there are lots of tasty suggestions here.

Crossstitchfan

it’s ok saying chop it up! How?! I have tried before and come to the conclusion I’d stand a better chance trying to chop a house brick! Any tips please?

Microwave it first and then you can chop them up no problem.

Crossstitchfan

it’s ok saying chop it up! How?! I have tried before and come to the conclusion I’d stand a better chance trying to chop a house brick! Any tips please?

They're very small, peel, microwave (in a steamer) as ViceVersa suggests then chop.

Or feed to the cattle or sheep.

How long would you microwave it for to get it to a choppable state?

Luckygirl3

How long would you microwave it for to get it to a choppable state?

How long is a piece of string? Depends on the size of the turnip - I'd give it 3 minutes then try to see if it's choppable. If not, bung it in for another minute.

It's about the size of a bowls ball. And looks a bit like it.

ViceVersa

Astitchintime

If it is of the parsnip variety I would put it in the compost bin.

A parsnip is totally different from a turnip!

Well, I do beg your pardon ViceVersa but in some areas of the UK, the word turnip is used as a general term to define any root vegetables that aren’t carrots or potatoes.

Never heard of that before - I'm well aware of the confusion between turnips and swedes, but I'm not sure how anyone could mistake a parsnip for a turnip. They're totally different shapes, for one thing.

I’d chop it small and add it to a multi-veg soup. Freeze it if it’s too hot for soup at the moment.

Turnip IMO goes really well with a lamb stew, but admittedly it’s rather too hot for that now.

Luckygirl3

How long would you microwave it for to get it to a choppable state?

I’ve never had the slightest trouble chopping turnips, and I use them quite a bit in autumn/winter. Is it a monster one that’s been allowed to get very woody?

Are you confusing turnips with swedes, as I believe all of Scotland does? Turnips are golf ball to tennis ball in size and easy enough to chop up.

Luckygirl3

It's about the size of a bowls ball. And looks a bit like it.

If it looks like a golf ball, tastes like a golf ball - it's a turnip, not a swede.

If it's the size of a bowls ball then it's a monster turnip!

Oh you Gransnetters on here do make me laugh. What a lot of fun over a blooming turnip!

If it's the size and colour and shape of a golf ball. It is a golf ball. Send it back and ask for a vegetable you like.

White turnips are the small ones. Neeps sneap in Gaelic are large, orange and good for carving at Halloween not ever to be confused with pumpkins.

Turnips go well in beef stew as they absorb the beefy flavour and add bulk.

Or, apparently they are a traditional accompaniment to duck.

Turnips are small and white,
Swedes are big and orange.

Yes, neeps are swede.

Good in a pasty. But, just to confuse the issue, in Devon and Cornwall, where the best pasties are made, swedes are known as turnips 😁

Allira

Yes, neeps are swede.

Good in a pasty. But, just to confuse the issue, in Devon and Cornwall, where the best pasties are made, swedes are known as turnips 😁

OH is from Yorkshire and calls them the wrong names!

Dice it and freeze it then get it out when the weather gets cooler and put n a nice beef stew with a carrot and leek.

Very true, the turnips I put in my pasties are orange and obviously swedes but I have always called them turnips being in Cornwall.

Where I come from, Northants, the orange ones are swedes and the off white ones with a bit of purple on the top are turnips.
Turnips chop up easy. Swedes, orange ones. are a devil to peel and chop.
I use both in a stew.

It's definitely a turnip!!!
I like swedes and know them well.

Marg75

Very true, the turnips I put in my pasties are orange and obviously swedes but I have always called them turnips being in Cornwall.

😁

I made that mistake when I moved to Devon.