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Non Diving Posts: Discuss Swede or Turnip? in the Non-Diving Related Forums forums: Anyone that's cooked swede will know how hard they are to chop, so imagine hollowing one out with a teaspoon! ...

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Old 27-01-08, 07:34 PM
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Anyone that's cooked swede will know how hard they are to chop, so imagine hollowing one out with a teaspoon! Dedicated parents did it year after year though I suppose it's all changed now
Indeed our Hallow'een lanterns were the same. I don't ever recall having a swede lantern though, it was always a turnip lantern and it was always orange. I rest my case
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I wasn't implying that Swede was shortened to turnip, but used the term 'Swedes were known as turnips' in the context of the posting. Depending on the nationality of the perosn you ask of course you'll get different answers.

In Scotland, as you quite rightly point out, what's known as Swede in England are called turnips and there's very little recognition of the little purple imposter.
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Indeed our Hallow'een lanterns were the same. I don't ever recall having a swede lantern though, it was always a turnip lantern and it was always orange. I rest my case
I agree...I never call them swede either, always neeps. Just trying to be correct for the pedantic among us...
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Bottom one is a turnip.

My Grandfather had a farm and used to farm them, we also used to feed them to the cattle.

I know a neep when I see one!


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Bottom one is a turnip.

My Grandfather had a farm and used to farm them, we also used to feed them to the cattle.

I know a neep when I see one!


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im with davie on that one..... but my grandfather never owned a farm....
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Bottom one is a turnip.

My Grandfather had a farm and used to farm them, we also used to feed them to the cattle.

I know a neep when I see one!


Davie
As an Englishman living in Glasgow, I'd be daft not to agree. I had some the other day, great. Also, went past some fields in Ayrshire with them being turned out of the ground and flocks of sheep feeding on them.... and they told me that they were eating neeps.

Big and orange= neeps.
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