They'll do for Christmas Dinner

Oh Boy! Those look good. They aren't found in Italian shops, so I sowed 2 packets this year, and only one seedling came up. A good friend brought us a couple of packets the other day, bought from Sainsbury's and exported in hold luggage, courtesy of British airways. That and "proper" sprouts. (ours aren't big enough to harvest yet) The turkey is cooking as I write. So a proper English Christmas dinner is assured in the Gattina household! (none of that tortellini in brodo rubbish) Have a very happy Christmas!

I should think so too! You can't beat a sprout and a good old English Parsnip at Christmas!!!!
Have a good one Gattina!

Oh it WAS, Paul, it WAS! Yummy!

iv eaten lots of these over xmas paul, covered with honey,, ummmm :o)

Yes, we're still eating these, and lots still in the ground! gorgeous!!

One of my favourite vegetables, but here they are only ever considered animal fodder and rarely grown at all.

Oooooh, what a waste, probably one of the best tasting vegetables(certainly of the root veg, anyway!!!)

We are considered to be very peculiar, but then we are "foreign", so we are forgiven - we can't help it!

I cook mine in honey too, so yummy + rosemary for extra flavour.

Yes,I have used honey before,but not this year!Theirflavour seems even stronger this year!

Mmmm - I think honey is a step too far - parsnips are already quite sweet: vegetable oil, coarse salt and black pepper and roasted on a medium heat - heaven! I'd be happy to eat them all by themselves.

And the good thing, is I still have plenty left in the ground!!

We'll be round with a big sack tomorrow morning, then!

I love parsnips Paul so save some for me, they taste sweeter if they are burnt .

Not sure there's a whole sackful left Gattina.......
Julie's quite good a burning them Dawn...but not this year...they really have been gorgeous!

We've just been spending a few warm sunny days out in the garden, and actually managed to find the single parsnip that grew this year - I fell backwards trying to pull it up when the top parted company from the root. When we finally unearthed it it was big but so forked we couldn't have eaten it anyway. Wonder why that was - the ground isn't stony, and past crops have been perfectly shaped. Ah well, wish us better luck this year!

I'll try not to laugh Gattina...at you falling over when you pulled it...
Maybe the soil is vey rich which can also cause forking!

We deliberately sowed them in an un-manured bit of ground, too! (You see, I DO take advice from this site!)

He he Paul ok not this year, don't forget to share them out with us all then.

No burnt offerings this yearDawn.....how are you? enjoy Christmas? Seems long time ago now doesn't it?

Only another 298 shopping days to go...........

Ho Ho Ho..........best get ready!

Thats great no burnt offerings hehe, I enjoyed watching my grand daughter open her presents Paul that was the best christmas present of all her little face.