parsnips

Anyone have an idea where, or even if, these are available to buy around here?

Thanks

itsme wrote:Anyone have an idea where, or even if, these are available to buy around here?

Thanks

Chirivía.....try the guy at the Tues. market at La Huerta, who sells vegetables, a little to the left as you walk in the main entrance. He said he is trying grow some.  A week ago, he had some really nice nabos (turnips). I told him I would bring him back some parsnip seeds from Ireland on my next trip over.
Stay away from those long white roots that Pancho/Super Lake sometimes has and he thinks that they are parsnips. They are some kind of Japanese radish.
The only other parsnips I have found (occasionally) were at the Mega opposite Galerias in Guad., but they were pretty sorry.

Pancho probably has daikon. A beef stew with cubed daikon like the chinese make is great.

borderreiver wrote:Pancho probably has daikon. A beef stew with cubed daikon like the chinese make is great.

Sure hope so and good to know, because they make....lousy parsnips.  

The guy I mentioned in the earlier post had chirivía (parsnips) at the Tues. market yesterday at La Huerta. Picked up 4 nice sized ones and they still had the fresh green tops so they were reciente.
Going to make a batch of parsnip-turnip-carrot mash with cabbage for a sort of colcannon.

"Going to make a batch of parsnip-turnip-carrot mash with cabbage for a sort of colcannon." -- slainte

That could be very tasty--or really awful. I can not decide which.  

Lady Otter Latté wrote:"Going to make a batch of parsnip-turnip-carrot mash with cabbage for a sort of colcannon." -- slainte

That could be very tasty--or really awful. I can not decide which.    

It puts hair on your chest.  

Ah yes. Now THERE is an enticement.  

For some reason the ones I bought at the Tuesday market are totally tasteless. Not worth the gas to cook them.

For the best taste, they have to eaten this way.....an old Irish recipe...
One pint of Guinness before eating, one pint of Guinness while eating, and one pint of Guinness after eating.

   ....that's three....right Zenwoodle?

brigitte wrote:For some reason the ones I bought at the Tuesday market are totally tasteless. Not worth the gas to cook them.

Parsnips really need to go through a freeze to bring out their flavor. They have to be grown in a northern climate to be at their best. Sigh.

slainte39 wrote:For the best taste, they have to eaten this way.....an old Irish recipe...
One pint of Guinness before eating, one pint of Guinness while eating, and one pint of Guinness after eating.

   ....that's three....right Zenwoodle?

and if yer wearing a kilt, it's called neeps and nips[turnips and single malt scotch] along with consuming a fine haggis.

slainte39 wrote:For the best taste, they have to eaten this way.....an old Irish recipe...
One pint of Guinness before eating, one pint of Guinness while eating, and one pint of Guinness after eating.

   ....that's three....right Zenwoodle?

Then you can go out to the pub for a few drinks    

Pedro wrote:

slainte39 wrote:For the best taste, they have to eaten this way.....an old Irish recipe...
One pint of Guinness before eating, one pint of Guinness while eating, and one pint of Guinness after eating.

   ....that's three....right Zenwoodle?

and if yer wearing a kilt, it's called neeps and nips[turnips and single malt scotch] along with consuming a fine haggis.

"single malt scotch".....that's whisky....we drink whiskey.  

just making sure yer nip whiskey is of good quality

Luisa wrote:

brigitte wrote:For some reason the ones I bought at the Tuesday market are totally tasteless. Not worth the gas to cook them.

Parsnips really need to go through a freeze to bring out their flavor.  They have to be grown in a northern climate to be at their best.  Sigh.

I have read one can store them at around 30 - 32 degrees F for a week or two and that will do it.

I will try that but usually fruit or veggies that grow fast because of the warmer weather do not have any flavor so I wonder if putting them in the fridge after they are grown will do anything, I will have to try that , I sure hope it will help..

brigitte wrote:For some reason the ones I bought at the Tuesday market are totally tasteless. Not worth the gas to cook them.

For me, salt, pepper, butter, and hunger make them better.  

slainte39 wrote:
For me, salt, pepper, butter, and hunger make them better.  

Hunger works well as a motivator, thirst also provides incentives.