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    You don't get many of these to the pound...

    Was up the allotment yesterday and decided to dig up a parsnip for tea...



    And yes, that is a full size bottle of wine (well, we needed something to wash it down with )

    Took me 20 minutes and a lot of sweat. I grew big parsnips last year but in 2009 they have been enormous.

    Made delicious "parchips" with it - like crispy oven chips but made with... parnsip.
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    Blimey Storm - that's a cracker you have there
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    Suzie

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    • #3
      Cor- well done!!!..what variety is it???

      I didn't get round to growing any this year- and I'm regretting it now
      Roitelet gave me one of hers which was as big as that...and it was wonderfully tender and tasty ( I often thought there was a chance of them being woody when they got that big..just goes to show eh...you learn something new every day!
      Well done ( to both of you!)
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      • #4
        That is HUGE!

        Can you plant parsnips in modules well above ground level? Just a thought.

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        • #5
          Ah, good one. Makes me sad that I don't like parsnips! They taste too perfumy to me. I grow them some years for the rest of the family but I can live without them.

          Congratulations - glad you enjoyed it!
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          • #6
            Brilliant Storm.....all we need now is your secret.
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            • #7
              Blimey! I can imagine you wrestling to 'land' it. Is it a rogue one, or have you grown a gi-normous crop this year, do you think?
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              • #8
                Wow I'm impressed, I only ended up with one parsnip this year and it was a scary looking thing that grew all joined together.
                Location....East Midlands.

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                • #9
                  Wow, thats amazing. I'm hopeless at parsnips. I can only grow little wiggly ones
                  Kirsty b xx

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                  • #10
                    Crikey! Good work Storm.

                    Someone once said to me (actually, quite frequently) - if you get the chance, pick a biggun.

                    I doubt she'd ever dug up a parsnip.

                    I know mine took some forking last year.

                    Alas, none grown this year.
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                    • #11
                      Very impressive example!

                      Well done.

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                      • #12
                        That's a cracker! We had one just a little bit smaller than that, but it still took two of my hands to circle the top of it, and I ended up leaving the end of it in the ground cos I couldn't dig it up!! Definitely a good year for the 'snips this year Mine was made into a whole pan of curried parsnip soup on it's own

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                        • #13
                          Yeah, well done for not snapping it off
                          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                          • #14
                            Fab parsnip Storm and there was I thinking mine was big
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                            • #15
                              one thing to come out of this thread - Grapes always appear to have a bottle of red to hand
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                              Suzie

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