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Old 30-09-2009, 11:46 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default what to do with unwanted turnips?

On Sep 30, 11:40*am, "OhioGuy" wrote:
* Two years ago, I bought "kale" seeds in bulk from a local hardware store.
About 2/3 of what came up was turnips, which are usually hot tasting (like a
radish), and I don 't really like that. (yes, I told the store about the
issue at the time)

* Well, this year, around August 12 or so, I went back and asked to make
sure that these were new seeds, and not the same old stock. *They assured me
they were. *Guess what? *about 3/4 of what came up were turnip plants, and
only 1/4 were the kale I wanted. *Now I have lots of turnips that have
usable roots a bit bigger than nice sized radishes, and loads of greens. (a
groundhog ate my kale off about 4" up from the base - I don't know if they
will recover) *The groundhog, of course, didn't bother the turnips at all.

* So what can we do with all of these turnip greens? *Does anyone have a
good casserole type dish recipe that we can make using a good amount of the
turnip greens? *Thanks!


Try Cooks.com. I've found a number of good recipes for Turnip Greens
there. Good Luck!