I do love parsnips with my Christmas dinner, for me, it’s just not the same without them. The growing year wasn’t a successful one overall and despite germination setbacks due to cold, wet soils, once again my parsnips haven’t let me down. My spade and fork are at the ready, I can almost taste their sweet, earthy flavour already. Yum!
Evelyn Rowand
/ December 21, 2012I love parsnip and apple soup!!
Karin
/ December 21, 2012They look good. Enjoy. We’re buying ours as we didn’t even get round to sowing the seed. It looks like they did better than your carrots.
argylesock
/ December 21, 2012Yes indeed. I avoid Xmas but I never avoid parsnips :-) Even awarded it Crop of the Month just after the frosts came here http://argylesock.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/crop-of-the-month-parsnip/
Will you roast your parsnips? To me, that’s the best way to do them. Nothing fancy. Just fat from a roasting joint, or vegetable oil if preferred, and roasting until perfect.
Karen
/ December 21, 2012Absolutely, roast is the way to go for me. I do love them in soups too, lovely winter warmer.
Karen
/ December 21, 2012We did really well with carrots at our allotment, Karin. Wild rabbits took the tops (allotment rabbit proof fencing obviously an epic fail this year) but the roots are perfect. Sadly, carrots were pretty much a failure in the garden, can’t win them all I suppose.
Jules
/ December 21, 2012Those parsnips look amazing. We’ll be enjoying homegrown ones as well for lunch on the 25th. Roasted with a drizzle of maple syrup – yum!
Karen
/ December 21, 2012That sounds lovely, enjoy!
Flighty
/ December 22, 2012They look good so enjoy! xx
Karen
/ December 24, 2012Thanks Flighty, I certainly will enjoy them!