Usually mixing your random root vegetable half-and-half with potatoes works well. The default here is to roast a mix of cubed/diced root vegetables with cloves of garlic, olive oil, salt, and lots of black pepper, and eat them with some sort of protein (I would add fried eggs, or maybe sausage since I live in Wisconsin now and fancy sausage is easy to come by).
The taste of turnips varies based on how old they are. The little young ones that still have greens attached tend to be quite sweet-- sometimes you can even treat them like radishes. I would buy those for the greens. Fat older turnips can be bitter. Mixing with potatoes mellows the effect: if I didn't want to make roasted vegetables and I had some turnips I'd probably try a curry or an Indian potatoes/greens dish with part turnips. You can also try the medieval trick of parboiling your turnips and rinsing in fresh water before adding them to whatever you're planning; that will cut the bitterness.
I have lots of ideas for things to do with lentils, because glasseye loves them, & therefore I collect recipes; if that doesn't become a post, ping me and I'll send you some recipes.
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Date: 2012-01-29 06:57 am (UTC)Usually mixing your random root vegetable half-and-half with potatoes works well. The default here is to roast a mix of cubed/diced root vegetables with cloves of garlic, olive oil, salt, and lots of black pepper, and eat them with some sort of protein (I would add fried eggs, or maybe sausage since I live in Wisconsin now and fancy sausage is easy to come by).
The taste of turnips varies based on how old they are. The little young ones that still have greens attached tend to be quite sweet-- sometimes you can even treat them like radishes. I would buy those for the greens. Fat older turnips can be bitter. Mixing with potatoes mellows the effect: if I didn't want to make roasted vegetables and I had some turnips I'd probably try a curry or an Indian potatoes/greens dish with part turnips. You can also try the medieval trick of parboiling your turnips and rinsing in fresh water before adding them to whatever you're planning; that will cut the bitterness.
I have lots of ideas for things to do with lentils, because