by - written on 27/10/09 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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Organic Parsnips --------------------- Easy to grow and plentiful, organic parsnips are a winter staple vegetable. Delicious roasted, steamed, made into a spicy soup, or even into a delicious, but potent, country wine! +++ How to Grow Organic Parsnips +++ Directly in the ground from March to May. For ... Read the complete review
by - written on 03/02/09 (Useful, 77 readings)
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I think parsnips are terribly underated as a vegetable. They are extremely versatile, have a beautiful sweet fragrant flavour, and are generally cheap. Parsnips are in season in the UK in the winter months ideally November through til about March. They are frost hardy and a great winter staple. I love them roasted ... Read the complete review
by - written on 11/12/08 (Very useful, 110 readings)
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Shaped like a carrot, grows like a carrot.... sold next to the carrots, but a carrot it is not! For those of you who have never had the pleasure of a parsnip, they basically look like a white carrot. Just like baby carrots, you can get baby parsnips. Thats where the comparison ends for me, I dont think they taste ... Read the complete review
by - written on 11/07/08 (Very useful, 88 readings)
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Well as you may or may not already know my mother and I are attempting to grow these in our back garden. We are using those big Ikea garden bags which open out into a large deep bucket type object, we then filled the bag with compost and soil. These bags are great for other root vegetables too because of their depth and draining ... Read the complete review
by - written on 11/07/08 (Very useful, 16 readings)
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Parsnips are a great root vegetable with a nutty taste which I have been eating for years. One strange but delicious way I've found of eating them is roasted, these are delicious and with a roast dinner they are even better, they're also good with roast carrots and peppers. Anyway not many people know much about them so here's some ... Read the complete review
by - written on 05/05/08 (Very useful, 139 readings)
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The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable related to the carrot, but they are much paler and have a stronger flavor. They originated in the Mediterranean region and originally were the size of a baby carrot when fully grown, but when the Roman Empire expanded north through Europe the Romans brought the parsnip with ... Read the complete review
