SC - neeps and tatties?
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Mon Oct 27 06:02:25 PST 1997
Kimib2 at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-10-26 21:10:31 EST, you write:
>
> << in Scotland, turnips are assumed to be yellow ones,
> or rutabaga. To distinguish between them and what the rest of the world
> calls turnips, the adjective "white" is added, in Scotland. Elsewhere,
> turnips are assumed to be white, with a touch of purple about the skin,
> and the adjective "yellow" is added to the word "turnip" to indicate
> rutabaga. >>
> is it yellow turnip and white rutabagas? Or white turnips (with a purple top)
> and yellow rutabagas?
In Scotland, they have turnips and white turnips. In the rest of the
English-speaking world, they have turnips and rutabagas, or any of a
number of synonyms for the latter, depending on where you are.
Standard turnips (outside of Scotland) are white, with a purple band
around the top, near the stem. Rutabagas are larger, and yellow inside.
Adamantius, now confused too...
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
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