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'Emma'

'Emma' Report 27 Oct 2012 15:34

Or orange when boiled ;-)

Emma

Sharron

Sharron Report 27 Oct 2012 15:49

That sounds like a swede if the flesh is orange when cooked.
I wonder what you call the root vegetable that we call a turnip the flesh of which stays white when cooked.

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 27 Oct 2012 15:57

We only got proper yellow turnips when I was growing up, Sharron :-D

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 27 Oct 2012 16:00

I don't know Sharron but, our turnips(as we call them) go orange.
:-D

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 27 Oct 2012 16:03

From what I gather, Scots and Irish call the yellow fleshed veggie a ...turnip, and the English call them swedes. :-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 27 Oct 2012 16:44

But what aboutthe white ones?

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 27 Oct 2012 16:46

yup tornips is yella and swedes is whyte like ;-) :-D

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Sharron

Sharron Report 27 Oct 2012 16:50

It's the othe way here.

The white ones were here first and the yellow ones were introduced in the Agricultural Revolution and known as Swedish turnips.

Sorry to say that twice but I don't know much and like to show off the little bit I do.

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 27 Oct 2012 16:55

well i'm a mixture of Border Scots,English and Irish soo I rest my case.......cos it's heavy ;-) :-D

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Sharron

Sharron Report 27 Oct 2012 16:59

Interesting, the agricultural revolution took place initially in East Anglia,in the middle.

I am as far south as you can go in England,you are as far north.

Either side of East Anglia we have opposite names for them.

That is hoe information travels.

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 27 Oct 2012 17:57

It's not as complicated as it sounds and we dont have opposite names for them.
We do know that a swede and a turnip are different varieties , but in Scotland they are both called.... a turnip!
We canny folk will always go for the swede that we call a turnip beause.... it's cheaper!

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'Emma'

'Emma' Report 28 Oct 2012 12:02

Exactly, well put Anne, simples.

I could not have said it better myself and knew
the reason had to be because it was cheaper

:-D :-D

Emma

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