swedes

they make tasty chips,

I've got a recipe for them mashed with carrot and mixed with horseradish, then baked with a mixture of breadcrumbs and grated cheese on top. It can be prepared well in advance and is handy for busy times eg. visitors.

Auntie Bessie does a 'frozen carrot and swede mash pieces',-very useful for single portions.I grew up in Lancs. we always called those big yellow/orange things turnips! Love them mashed with carrots,butter and pepper.

Put them in a pasty - delicious

so many great ideas im going to try them all thank you very much

Yes, it was really nice and so cheap. It's been a once a year thing that I've made swede mashed with carrots or potatoes, but as a veg on its own - never. Changed my mind now.

Welcome to the swede/neeps fan club When. Your dish sounds fab, and the leftovers will give any soup some real taste and bant won't it.

when Mediterranean neeps! Must try.

I note the "going into"

I'm with you there Iam ... bashed with carrots, a knob of butter and black pepper.

I had chunks of swede, roasted with half a bulb of garlic, olive oil and chopped rosemary, along with chunks of butternut squash. Delicious. The leftovers are going into soup today.

Soutra

Loads of ways to use swede. On it's own, mashed with butter and lots of black pepper, root veg mash with parsnip and carrots, added to bubble and squeak fried in chilli oil, vegetable soup, added to vegetable curry and curry pasties, combined with sweet potato mash, an ingredient of shepherd's pie. So long as it has plenty of seasoning it is always delicious.

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I would call those titchy white things a waste of space Ana. Give me a big orange turnip any day of the week. Just love them mashed with Sheperds Pie. As a kid on a farm in Teesdale we grew them as winter food for the cattle. This involved putting them through the 'tunup' chopper - handle turned by hand -and picking out bits to eat raw. We had never heard of hygiene !

Let us know what it's like!

No takers for swede soup. thought not.

Go for it When - you'll be converted I'm sure. Bashed carrots and neeps, that's the name my brother in law called the now essential part of the christmas lunch. I should have realised its a Scottish name for swedes. Turnips are of course, small round white vegetables, with a pink top. As others have said, such a different taste and texture than swedes.

The power of persuasion! Just picked up a swede whilst out shopping. Too many good hints on here to resist.

We often have "neeps" with our haggis, They are labelled and brought from the shop as turnip

Yum, haggis, neeps and tatties. Did not get to eat that this year.

Swedes are Scottish 'neeps' as in 'champit tatties and neeps'. They mash better than the white globe-shaped turnips which have a tendency to be watery. My Dad grew both when he was 'digging for victory'.

Yes, a turnip is smaller and white with a pinkish top. It's Devon! When pushed, my MIL said it was a "swede turnip".

But surely swedes and turnips are different? Why call a swede a turnip? It's all very odd...