This weekend’s read is about

Turnips

These fleshy yellow or white root vegetables have been known for a long long time (at least since 10,000BC).  The Greeks and Romans subjected the turnip to long slow cooking then pounded it together with honey, vinegar, grapes, and oil. It was also a popular vegetable in Britain and France, especially for the soups and the stews in the northern and coastal regions.

More about turnips ….

Fun facts

• A surprising vegetable low in energy with just 55 calories per one cup of raw turnip
• The turnips of certain parts of France have been famous for centuries.  Berlin turnips were praised by Goethe
• Turnips can be eaten row due to its distinctive flavour
• One of the Russian folk-tales is about a turnip

Image: Eric Gloutany

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