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

Grate and use as a salad vegetable or grate and use in a cake.

What does it taste like? - bland like swede or spicy/peppery?

Boil, mash with a little butter, pepper and salt. If you're into making Cornish pasties, chopped up with meat, potatoes, onion and skirt beef!

Chutney?

I like the sound of Cornish pasties

Perfect for Cornish Pasties. They're easy to make and you could freeze several.

Wash it and dry carefully, then chuck it in the bin.😁

Marg75

Boil, mash with a little butter, pepper and salt. If you're into making Cornish pasties, chopped up with meat, potatoes, onion and skirt beef!

No, that's a swede!
A swede is orange, a turnip is white with a pink blush.
Swede goes in pasties.

Any sheep in the field behind you, Luckygirl? They might like it. 😁

Oreo

Wash it and dry carefully, then chuck it in the bin.😁

That's what I would have done with the beetroot that was being discussed last week

I hope your turnip is a swede. A swede calls for haggis and mashed potatoes and gravy.

Root vegetable mash? Just put potatoes, carrots and turnip in the same pan. Boil in salted water, drain and mash as usual.
You could use it to top a cottage/shepherds/fish pie or just serve as mash - part of your 5 a day.

butterandjam

I hope your turnip is a swede. A swede calls for haggis and mashed potatoes and gravy.

I was going to say haggis, neeps and tatties until it occurred to me that the OP might have meant the white/purple type of turnip rather than a neep (or swede, if you prefer).

You can use it in Cullen Skink instead of potato.

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

Oreo

Wash it and dry carefully, then chuck it in the bin.😁

Love it!!!

Nice one Oreo .

Sorry Luckygirl don't have any suggestions even impolite ones.

Astitchintime

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

A parsnip is totally different from a turnip!

It is round and white with pink blush... definitely a turnip.
Do cattle eat them? There is a field of them behind my house!
I will probably boil it up and see what happens!

Scrub, chop, roast with other chopped vegetables. Carrots, potatoes, swedes, garlics, onions, rosemary, salt pepper, olive oil.

I know it's a turnip ... I saw one in Mr McGregors garden

Allira Here in Cornwall there is an ongoing debate on the difference between turnip and swede. Believe you me, the women in my family going back very many years put turnip in pasties! Anyone want a real recipe I can give it to you, complete with how to crimp!

Haven't the faintest idea - on the few occasions I've come across one peeling the damn thing has been like trying to break rocks. Cut your losses and toss it in the compost bin.

Oreo

Wash it and dry carefully, then chuck it in the bin.😁

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Shalgam Gosht is a delicious lamb and turnip curry . There are many recipes for it on the Web.
My original recipe was a Madhur Jaffrey one

Chop, throw in a couple of carrots and a handful of red lentils, boil and blitz into soup. Freeze for when the weather turns cooler.