[Sca-cooks] Re: SC - turnips

[Michael Newton]

umm, so far all the turnips I have had I would describe as slightly bitter
ginger tasting. I have some I'm thinking of making tomarrow, but so far I
perfer parsnips.
Beatrix of Tanet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefan at texas.net>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 1:19 AM
Subject: SC - turnips


> > But it may be that we don't share the same definition of bitter. I would
> > class turnips as tangy, but not bitter: bitter has a more acrid sense to
me.
>
> Well, "bitter" was probably the best I could come up with at the time
> I was quickly writing that message. I think of "tangy" as being
> "citrusy" but maybe that's a bad definition for "tangy". "Strong
> tasting", at least without some further description doesn't work
> either. Okay, those of you with more discriminating palates, or
> maybe just more imagination, how would you describe the taste of turnips?
>
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