General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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January 18, 2015 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
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January Parsnips
Last year I sowed a row of parsnips on the outside edge of my hoop house before I planted my melons, cucumber etc. and forgot them. I went out yesterday and dug one up and cleaned and sliced it up and put it in the fridge.
Today I fried it up in butter with a little Lea & Perrin until they were nice and brown. Oh boy! They were fantastic and pleasantly sweet, very unlike others pulled in the fall I have tried. I had read that parsnips and carrots get much better tasting after cold weather turning their starch to sugar but had never tried it. If you haven't, I recommend giving it a try. I'm going to give carrots a try next year.
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January 21, 2015 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
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My neighbor pulled some carrots for me right before Christmas. They were pretty darn good.
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January 21, 2015 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Almost all of your root crops taste better this way.
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January 21, 2015 | #4 |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: PA 6b
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Congrats! I planted some parsnips with some carrots a couple summers back. Last spring, we were digging up the beds to plant peas, and I discovered that all those parsnips that I thought had died had instead grown huge and were still tasty. We dug them up and put them in stews and used them like we would carrots.
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March 20, 2016 | #5 |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
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Same as Brussel sprouts they need a frost to sweeten them
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