They look a bit like peeled figs - OK only a small bit like - but the colour stayed when they were cooked. They are mild flavoured for turnips and if I could remember what they are I would grow them again.
**Update: It's a Winter Radish apparently. Well it looked like a turnip on the outside, and you eat winter radishes like turnips (cooked mainly). I do grow the black winter radishes on that seed catalogue page - they are yummy cooked too.
Based on the title, I thought this post was going to be a truly exotic and original recipe!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Gail.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteNope, they 100% look like figs. That was my first thought before reading. Ooooh figs, lucky F. Mind you, a well roasted, mild-flavoured turnip drizzled with honey and soy would make a fine snack...YAM xx
I did think they were figs. I have not idea what kind of turnips these are.
ReplyDeleteNext seed catalog I get I’ll look closely at the turnip varieties. Who knows they may pop up
Actually it turns out to be a Winter radish (not sure what the difference is). Link here: https://www.realseeds.co.uk/radish.html
DeleteCurious to know how you cooked them and what you served with them.
ReplyDeleteYam’s suggestion sounds quite yummy - winter crops like turnips Swede and parsnips cost the earth here so I’ll just have to imagine.
They got steamed with the baby carrots and were probably served on the side of an Off Zeytum (chicken with olives). (I cook a lot of Moroccan style food).
DeleteVery attractive.
ReplyDeleteI was raised on turnips, the roots and their green leafy parts, all cooked together. these look like a cross between turnips and a fig. I have always loved radishes, but can't eat them now. I like the sharp bite of the red ones, but I ate one and woo hoo you do not want to know.. daddy grew most of the root veggies, cheap and healthy for people with no money
ReplyDeleteThat's a new vegetable for me to try and grow this Summer. It even looks nice.
ReplyDeleteSow them well after midsummer - they are winter radishes (go to seed in summer heat)
DeleteI'm not at all familiar with winter radishes. They're quite attractive.
ReplyDeleteThey do look like figs, in the photo. I've been reading about turnips recently and want to try them mashed. I'm in Nafplio now, just about to wander through the farmers market.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the cauliflower. Elli has tied her leaves up
Gosh I didn't know there was such a thing as a Winter radish, I learned something today.
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