Turnips!

I often buy turnips and swedes from Sainsbury’s with no problems. I thought small turnips were very popular with gourmet chefs - for a while anyway.

The age old question is turnips or swede? I think they are get mixed up, depending where one lives.
However, online, I’ve just seen a chap microwave a whole turnip - the purple skinned thing - unpeeled for half an hour. Then he just spooned the flesh out of the skin, already mashed and declared it buttery, but without the addition of butter.

I think turnips add a certain something to stews/soups and they are not as cloudy or thickening as swede. But appreciate both.
Food does go through fashion cycles.
Remember Bruschetta anyone? Can’t find them for love nor money..and set yoghurt(more like a mousse) all the rage for a bit ditto.

dalrymple23

Yes - over the past two years I have not been able to find any e ither in the supermarkets or independent grocers. Why?

Presumably they’re just not fashionable any more. Not that they ever really were - just a winter staple in the days before frozen peas and e.g. sugar snaps and green beans from Peru.

On a similar note, someone on MN asked not long ago, ‘Who on earth eats cabbage any more?’

I’m glad to say there were plenty of WTF?? replies!

All the major supermarkets according to my online check do sell turnips. I am lucky to get mine from my lovely local greengrocer who delivers to my home. Perhaps they are not such a popular vegetable these days although I do agree that they are great in a winter soup or stew/casserole. Hope you get lucky in finding some.

Depends what type of turnips you're talking about, I guess. Up here in Scotland, there's no shortage of neeps (swedes) but I've also seen the smaller turnips too.

Yes - over the past two years I have not been able to find any e ither in the supermarkets or independent grocers. Why?