Turnips ??????

Originally Posted by Tracydr

Have you tried lacto fermenting? Sort of like saurkraut?
I also love them in stews mixed with carrots, onions beef celery and all the other goodies.
Pasties?
Mashed with butter, salt and and pepper?

Tracy,

I've read about lacto fermentation but haven't tried it. I've always wanted to mess around with pickling, curing, and fermenting products, but I've never found the time to do it. I always keep my eyes open for some of the old style clay pots or earthenware with lids in larger sizes to give it a try. I don't like the more recent products because I am afraid of lead in the glaze. Pickling and fermenting can release the lead from the glaze into the food.

Ted

[chastom]

i like to put carrots,potato,turnip ,onions in a little chicken broth and bake 45 min.
add butter or greek yogurt......yum

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by tedln

Tracy,

I've read about lacto fermentation but haven't tried it. I've always wanted to mess around with pickling, curing, and fermenting products, but I've never found the time to do it. I always keep my eyes open for some of the old style clay pots or earthenware with lids in larger sizes to give it a try. I don't like the more recent products because I am afraid of lead in the glaze. Pickling and fermenting can release the lead from the glaze into the food.

Ted

Ted we are too old to worry about lead.

Worth

[salix]

Ted, I do quite a bit of fermenting in large glass jars - ie. quart jars for sauerkraut or larger 2 quart jars for whatever. Make sure you keep them on a rimmed cookie sheet or something to catch any 'overflows'...

Originally Posted by Worth1

Ted we are too old to worry about lead.

Worth

Yep, but I am concerned enough to burn only unleaded gasoline, (as if I had a choice). I am also smart enough to know I can't out run a speeding bullet so I try to avoid those as well.

Ted

[JamesL]

Ted,
Turnip Hash Browns - disguises the strong taste.
1/2 and 1/2 with potatoes too works well.

Add one onion to every 3 to 4 turnips or potatoes.

[DanielA]

Carrots and turnips 50 : 50 mashed with butter , salt and pepper to taste , add warmed milk if you like it richer. This is a taste of English home cooking, and you can cook both in the same pan if you cut them to the same size pieces.

[Worth1]

Try smoking a really big cigar while eating and cooking turnips, it will help kill the smell and taste.

Worth

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by tedln

Tracy,

I've read about lacto fermentation but haven't tried it. I've always wanted to mess around with pickling, curing, and fermenting products, but I've never found the time to do it. I always keep my eyes open for some of the old style clay pots or earthenware with lids in larger sizes to give it a try. I don't like the more recent products because I am afraid of lead in the glaze. Pickling and fermenting can release the lead from the glaze into the food.

Ted

I just use glass jars. Quarts for small batches and gallons for big ones. Key is to keep the air out with liquid or a plastic bag filled with brine. You can also use a plate, a rock, anything that weighs the veggies down under the liquid.

[recruiterg]

Any winter veg is good roasted in a hot oven (425). The roasting process caramelizes the sugars and sweetens the flavors. This applies to any root vegetable (carrot, rutabaga, potato, etc...) I recommend cutting them in small, french fry sized pieces, add a little EVOO, add a lot of course sea salt or kosher salt, add fresh ground pepper to taste. Roast on a sheet pan until the turnips soften and are caramelized on the sides turning occasionally so they don't burn.

Originally Posted by recruiterg

Any winter veg is good roasted in a hot oven (425). The roasting process caramelizes the sugars and sweetens the flavors. This applies to any root vegetable (carrot, rutabaga, potato, etc...) I recommend cutting them in small, french fry sized pieces, add a little EVOO, add a lot of course sea salt or kosher salt, add fresh ground pepper to taste. Roast on a sheet pan until the turnips soften and are caramelized on the sides turning occasionally so they don't burn.

And that is exactly what I did. I tried two different sheet pans of them with different seasonings. While I can't say I really liked them, I also can't say they tasted as bad as when they were cooked with other methods. I will admit they were much sweeter baked on sheet pans. The deciding factor was as usual,
my wife. She still couldn't stand the taste. Everything we cook is cooked for two. If only one of the two doesn't like something, it doesn't really make any sense to cook it again. It isn't as much fun trying things alone. I think I will place turnips in the "don't try again" category and move on to something else. Thanks!

Ted

[Redbaron]

Originally Posted by tedln

And that is exactly what I did. I tried two different sheet pans of them with different seasonings. While I can't say I really liked them, I also can't say they tasted as bad as when they were cooked with other methods. I will admit they were much sweeter baked on sheet pans. The deciding factor was as always, my wife. She still couldn't stand the taste. Everything we cook is cooked for two. If only one of the two doesn't like something, it doesn't really make any sense to cook it again. It isn't as much fun trying things alone. I think I will place turnips in the "don't try again" category and move on to something else. Thanks!

Ted

Maybe grind them up fresh and add other ingredients to make a milder form of "horseradish" sauce?

Personally as I stated before, I love turnips. I prefer them raw in sauces, relishes, slaws, fruit smoothies and salads, but also like them cooked in soups.

So I am not sure what to say to someone who doesn't like them. I guess grind them up and feed them to the chickens.Feed them whole to the pigs? Or put them in the compost pile? Donate them to the food bank charity?

But ultimately if you don't like them raw or cooked in any recipe at all, and don't have chickens or pigs to feed, then I guess the solution is just grow something else you do like that also benefits the garden.