Goes well with a sunday roast (Parsnips)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Parsnips
Date:	25/10/08 (252 review reads)
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Advantages: really tasty roasted

Disadvantages: none

Are you having roast parsnips with your Sunday roast beef or Christmas turkey?
I probably will be. I like parsnips (hubby doesn't so I rarely get them)

Parsnips are a root vegetable very much like a carrot but a creamy white colour (taste different of course.). The leaves that are on top of the ground look quite similar.
I have on occasions grown parsnips but our chalky soil is not ideal for parsnips or carrots.

I usually buy a parsnip from the supermarket at tesco they cost £1.98p a Kg if you buy them loose at Tesco at the mo. cost more in bags or prepared. Try not to choose the largest as often they are more fibrous and woody that the smaller ones. The centre core gets hard and woody as they get older.

Parsnips keep well for about a week or so in the fridge.

To prepare them for cooking both wash and scrub them well or thinly peel. Chop them into small [pieces if boiling, if roasting you may cut them in half

Parsnips are a vegetable that can be cooked in boiling water for about 15 minutes longer if you are cooking big chunks of parsnip. They are good steamed for 15 minutes too.
Serve them like this to eat as a vegetable accompaniment.
Parsnip are a good veg to use in a hearty stew with meat and some other root veg some beans too, excellent winter food

To accompany a roast dinner I like to roast them alongside my roast potatoes a whole parsnip will taker 30 -45 minutes at 180C.
You can make parsnip chips or crisps too.

You could of course eat grated raw parsnip in a salad good in a mixed carrot and parsnip salad.
There are lots of parsnip recipes at http://www.justvegetablerecipes.com/inxprs.html.

Ok so now you have cooked your parsnip what does it taste like?
A parsnip is quite a sweet vegetable, quite a distinctive flavour .

Parsnips are good for you they contain potassium, the B vitamins and vit C.
So an excellent vegetable. If you wish to grow set seeds in February y or March keep watered for a good root and harvest August September don't leave to late or they will go woody seeds are available off and on line at garden centers or seeds merchants see http://www.dobbies.co.uk/acatalog/Parsnip_Seeds.ht ml several different varieties for between £1.00 and £2.

Good to grow a few carrots or parsnips to show your child how they are grown the veg under the soil.

Summary: A root vegetable