Ok - first take your parsnips....
I'm doing half quantities (makes it all a bit more manageable!) so I need 3 1/2 lbs parsnips, which is 3 big beauties like the ones below.
It says 'scrub then scrape the parsnips...' BOY! is that a tedius job!!
So now some spark is going to tell me that I could have peeled them...?
'Then slice and boil the parsnips in the water till tender...' Well, they're still in chunks, but I guess that's ok, and here they are in the maslin pan (only one I've got which is big enough!) and they're on the hob now.