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Old 18-02-2007, 01:18 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Storing parsnips


"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Robert" wrote after...
fruitbat asked:
: I expect this question has been asked before at some time.
: I have still got a row of last years parsnips in the ground. They are
: in fine condition but I find some of them are beginging to sprout.
: I plan to dig them up, but how should I store them. I thought,
: perhaps, dry sand?.

You could slice them into meal ready slices and freeze them like we do


Do you blanch them first?


I'd be interested too. We've never frozen parsnips, but in general I wonder
whether blanching is always as important as often stated. It's certainly a
nuisance when you have a large crop to be frozen.

Richard