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Turnip The Turnip is a wonderfully versatile vegetable that is excellent when served in many different types of dish including soups and sauces. We all know that the turnip could really do with a decent bit of PR. It is looked upon as being dull, not tasty, an old vegetable and basically not very interesting.
However this really is not the truth. Turnips are a very good source of vitamin C and they are very low in calories. It is believed that a spoonful of turnip syrup, when taken every day, may help to relieve many types of respiratory aliments. The syrup (which is watery rather than thick) is made by boiling a portion of turnip with a little water. The green tops (known as Turnip Tops) of the turnip are also a good source of vitamin C and of folate and beta carotene. They should be boiled, in water, until tender and then served as a sweet tasting spring greens just as beetroot tops can be used in the same way.
As a rule Turnips like good soil and cooler weather to start them off so they are either planted in late summer or through the autumn and into spring. They are rather attractive to slugs and snails so it is a good idea to grow them to a size where they can best look after themselves before planting them outside. However don't leave them too late or they will struggle to grow to the proper size. To make the most of the fine taste offered by the variety of seeds here, they are best eaten when younger and served either raw or lightly boiled.
The selection of turnips we have should start to blow the 'dull vegetable' title away for good.
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