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Turnips and Swede

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nanaej Sun 13-Jan-13 13:17:05

Following on from another thread..I think there is a North /South divide with naming these root veg!

Bigger purplely skinned yellow/orangy fleshed veg= Turnip in North , Swede in South

Smaller paler skinned white fleshed veg = Turnip in South, swede in north

Happy to be contradicted ,,but my mother (from oop north) always referred to the orange fleshed veg as turnip and confused her London neighbours who thought they were swede!