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Post by ethel on Aug 1, 2008 0:12:32 GMT -5
I have a turnip in my yard. I probably won't eat it because I made soup out of the other one and it was disgusting. I've never eaten them. I got the seedlings from Mum, who adores them (eats them raw with salt, on bread) and has about eleventy billion growing.
Speaking of which, I have to water my vege patch this evening. One skanky turnip, a row of green beans, and a heap of pak choi that's all well and truly gone to seed.
Blame Zakkie. He asked. ;D
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Post by TiggerTheWing on Aug 1, 2008 0:29:15 GMT -5
There must be something nice about them or humans wouldn't have cultivated them as a veggie for over four thousand years... Mind you, I found that most root vegetables in South Australia were vile, and tiny, from having nowhere near enough water.
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Post by EvilZakkie on Aug 1, 2008 0:35:53 GMT -5
Well, they were good for plenty of BlackAdder jokes - that's the important thing, really... *grins*
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Post by ethel on Aug 1, 2008 0:37:21 GMT -5
That's probably what's wrong with mine, too... it's rare for my garden to get anything other than washing-machine-water. One way to make you more conscious of what you're washing your clothes with - tip the water over your food supply!
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Post by ethel on Aug 1, 2008 0:39:49 GMT -5
Dang simultaneous posting. It's the water thing that's wrong with my turnips. I don't think BlackAdder's affecting my vege garden.
But I'd like to see them try!
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Post by EvilZakkie on Aug 1, 2008 0:42:01 GMT -5
Dang simultaneous posting. It's the water thing that's wrong with my turnips. I don't think BlackAdder's affecting my vege garden. But I'd like to see them try! The best thing about a BlackAdder infestation is that all you have to do is wait out until the end of the season - then they all die... *grins*
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Post by TiggerTheWing on Aug 1, 2008 0:53:58 GMT -5
What about the cunning plan...
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Post by hyke on Aug 1, 2008 4:24:55 GMT -5
AAAh Turnips. They bring up memories. We thought up a brand of cheap scotch with the name "the famous turnip". Well the quality of scotch is dependant on waterquality.
Ethel you've just explained the poor quality of the whisky. And the foam on top. It made a great detergent though.
Cunning indeed....
( titlesong of blackadder has taken over my brains. It will be there the whole day.... I used to sing it as a lullaby for my oldest 10 years ago *grin*, I'll try again this evening...)
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Post by pikajedi on Aug 1, 2008 12:57:12 GMT -5
well, this thread is a turnip for the books.
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Post by earthmonkey on Aug 2, 2008 3:19:13 GMT -5
I love the turnip!
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Post by earthmonkey on Aug 2, 2008 3:40:44 GMT -5
Turnip seeds For SALE! *watches ads fly out of computer and gets out machine gun that shoots turnip seeds*
Yeah...maybe I should be getting some sleep now.
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Post by rossco on Aug 2, 2008 4:05:43 GMT -5
Turnips in shape of a "thingie"?
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Post by ethel on Aug 2, 2008 4:10:36 GMT -5
Only thingies are in the shape of thingies. Anyone who claims otherwise is trying to pass off a common old whatsit as a thingie.
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Post by DocMartin on Aug 2, 2008 4:35:21 GMT -5
What the Dream Dictionary says about turnips:
Turnips To see turnips growing, denotes that your prospects will brighten, and that you will be much elated over your success. To eat them is a sign of ill health. To pull them up, denotes that you will improve your opportunities and your fortune thereby. To eat turnip greens, is a sign of bitter disappointment. Turnip seed is a sign of future advancement. For a young woman to sow turnip seed, foretells that she will inherit good property, and win a handsome husband.
Sad enough that the Dream dictionary still is not part of the HHGTTG (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
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Post by Sonic the Hedgehog on Aug 2, 2008 6:22:31 GMT -5
All hail the mighty turnip!
Grossest vegetable ever...
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