Turnips

[Mark Parrott]

I'm struggling to find anywhere that sells turnips. I know the big ones are seasonal but the small ones should be available all year round.

 

[Annette]

I've seen them in Tesco's recently (like, in the last couple of months) but it may depend on where in the country you are...

 

[Mark Parrott]

Unfortunately none in our tescos

 

[Ljc]

Hi mark. I looked at the two supermarkets I shop online with, Asda and Tesco have them where I am.

 

[grovesy]

It depends what you refer to as a Turnip, I am originally from the North East and what I would call a Turnip here in the south would be called a Swede and the Scots would call a Neep!
If you mean the small white ones , they are usually a winter vegetable too!

 

[Mark Parrott]

This is going to get confusing then. I wanted to make a turnip gratin but I'm wondering now what they mean by a turnip.

 

[Ljc]

I'm from down south so I mean the smallish ones 🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

Well, a swede is higher in carbs than a turnip. 7g compared to 4g per 100g.

 

[Annette]

To me, a swede tends to be larger, and has yellowish flesh. I would say they taste a little sweeter. A turnip can be any size, and is usually whitish in colour, often with a purple tinge around its neck. They can be a little hot in taste.
But either can be used for a gratin, as they are just 2 different types of root veg.