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Scubee · #1 (**permalink**) 25-01-08, 09:40 PM

Folloowing from another thread, there seems to be a general confusion about which is a swede and which is a turnip.

If I sent my son to Sainsbury's for a swede, he would come back with a turnip. Not becuase he is a little dense (he's actually quite smart if I may say so), but because he would read the labelling in the shop.

I am sure that geographically, they are referred to differently.

So..... Which is the Turnip?

This one?

or This one?

This is actually quite a timely poll for Burns night. Is 'neeps' a made up word, or short for 'Turnip'. Which one would go best with the haggis tonight?

Buoyant Babe · #2 (**permalink**) 25-01-08, 09:42 PM

Bottom one is a turnip I would say. Mmmm, turnip...mmmmm

Or even a snadgie, if you are from Sandy-land.

Edit: We had no choice when I were a lad. So that's why the bottom one is a turnip.

hogen-deifar · #3 (**permalink**) 25-01-08, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Scubee

Folloowing from another thread, there seems to be a general confusion about which is a swede and which is a turnip.

If I sent my son to Sainsbury's for a swede, he would come back with a turnip. Not becuase he is a little dense (he's actually quite smart if I may say so), but because he would read the labelling in the shop.

I am sure that geographically, they are referred to differently.

So..... Which is the Turnip?

This one?

or This one?

The top one (purple and white) is a turnip.

The bottom one (yellowy brown) is a swede.

Now wait for the Northeners come back saying something different. Jaye's Dad and I had this conversation every time I cooked swede with Sunday roast! He's from County Durham!

If you Google images Swede and then turnip the majority agree with the southern name! But having now seen BB's answer, I refer back to my comment with my ex. He called what I call a swede, a turnip!

And so the debate continues!

ScubaSue · #4 (**permalink**) 25-01-08, 09:43 PM

I'm with H on this one, the bottom one is the turnip, sorry Jules!

S x

BJ · #5 (**permalink**) 25-01-08, 09:44 PM

Julie is Correct! I had a knife fight with a swede once that left me badly injured. What happened to the swede? It got mashed.

Rutabaga" (from dialectal Swedish "rotabagge", root ram) is the common American English term for the plant, while "swede" (Swede) is the preferred term used in much of England, Wales, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., the plant is also known as "Swedish turnip" or "yellow turnip", while in Atlantic Canada, where turnips are relatively unknown, it is called turnip. In Scots, it is either "tumshie" or "neep", and the turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) instead is called a "white turnip". Scots will refer to both types by the generic term "neep" (a contraction of the archaic pronunciation "turneep"). Some will also refer to both types as just "turnip".

In North-East England, turnips and swedes/rutabagas are colloquially called "snadgies". They should not be confused with the large beet known as a mangelwurzel.

Its common name in Sweden is "kålrot" (cabbage root). In Norway it is also called "kålrot", but often also "kålrabi" (which in Sweden and Denmark means kohlrabi). In Finnish, it is called "lanttu", which is derived from the Swedish "planta", meaning plant or seedling. (Finland was for many centuries part of the Swedish empire, and rutabaga has to be planted as seedlings due to the short Scandinavian growing season.)