WAY off topic....it's a dang big turnip......

Jeff Quinn · Post by **Jeff Quinn** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:53 pm

Biggest turnip I've ever seen.
Must be nuclear waste under my garden.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:55 pm

Couple o years on that bad boy.

We had one like that in our garden in Wyoming. Humongus but too woody to eat.

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:07 pm

Jeff, that would make an excellent target for my 45-70. Surely that's the only thing they're good for.

Jeff Quinn · Post by **Jeff Quinn** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:34 pm

I hate turnips, but it was a young turnip, just planted the seed last fall, and my cousin said it was as good as any, and he is a nut over turnips.

jazman · Post by **jazman** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:53 pm

Man, couple of those babies will fill up that Rhino right quick. Jim

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:23 pm

The damdust things turn up in a garden sometimes.......

joachim slim · Post by **joachim slim** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:30 pm

my cousins plant turnips near their other food plots. deer love them.

crs · Post by **crs** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:50 pm

We seem to be unanimous in our dislike of turnips. Now turnip greens are a different matter - yum. Only vegetable that tastes worse that turnips are parsnips - yech!

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:57 pm

Are turnips better or worse than rutabaga?

Who knows but I still want to shoot that turnip.

Post by **Hobie** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:59 pm

Must be a lot of fertilizer around there! Not a fan of turnips myself, unless I'm HUNGRY, i.e. 3 days without food.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:10 pm

Jeff, I think you been feeding that turnip a little Unique or maybe 2400. Thats not a "blow up" turnip that came with the doll, is it?

----------------------Sixgun

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:12 pm

That looks like one of those "EVIL TURNIPS" I'd shoot it if I were you !

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:25 pm

nice turnip, cut it up into little cubes boil it for about 25 minutes, mash it up, add some butter and a little halfnhalf. I love mashed turnips almost as much as mashed potatoes.

20cows · Post by **20cows** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:29 pm

Are turnips better or worse than rutabaga?

Who cares?

Ain't a nickel's difference and neither are fit for human consumption!

Kinda' like lima and butter beans (YUK!!).

2row · Post by **2row** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:08 pm

Jeff we use them small ones for seed around here

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:17 pm

Rutabagas are the tops. I eat at least 2 or 3 servings per month. I love turnips!!!!!!!!!! Here in Mississippi, I can get the roots for .59 a pound, and the lousy greens go for 2.28 per pound!!! Go figure!!! Art

joachim slim · Post by **joachim slim** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:04 pm

cooked turnips are NASTY. i do love the greens and i like to eat raw turnip with salt on them.

MikeS. · Post by **MikeS.** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:45 am

I'd eat on that, I like all those root veggies.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:19 am

Not too bad raw........ I'l prolly only eat it if it was served, to be polite, that is......

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:32 am

No sidearm?

Post by **AmBraCol** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:56 am

20cows wrote:
Are turnips better or worse than rutabaga?
Who cares?

Ain't a nickel's difference and neither are fit for human consumption!

Kinda' like lima and butter beans (YUK!!).

It all depends on how things are fixed. We learned to like lima beans in Brazil, where our sons were born.

Take the dry (ripe) lima beans and soak them overnight. Boil them until they start to soften. Toss out the water. Rinse them well. Add fresh water and finish cooking them. Some folks would rinse and cook a couple times. Anyway, once soft you add a bit of salt and pepper and some salt pork or other seasoning. Serve over rice. It's not something for everyday consumption, but they ain't half bad. Now, the way they usually get served up in the US -

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:10 pm

I LOVE TURNIPS and other root veggies, that'll make ALLOT of Kim Chee!

Boomer45 · Post by **Boomer45** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:36 pm

KIM CHEE???? Now you 're talkin!!!!! Good stuff if you like "HOT" which I do.

Boomer