Pictures from the Turnip Patch

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

Got a late start on this plot, no rain when I wanted to plant. Still yet, the turnips and rye are doing great. I had a partner today when digging a few turnips for the table. If I didn't know better, I'd think he likes turnips.

 

[cqaigy2]

I'd swear it looks like he's going to go on point at the turnip. :laughing:

 

[teg]

Looks like a good crop... Did you harvest anything else from that patch??? My friend put turnips in his deer food plots and it worked very well for him that I'll most like follow in his steps... :thumbsup: We did eat several turnips... Do you have a good recipe?

 

[jimmyj]

Looks great! Yummy. Cute dog too.

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

I took a nice doe in mid October with a bow, buddy got another one on second day of gun season in early November. We've left it alone since then, and will hunt it the last 2 weeks of the season in January. As far as a recipe, I like to simmer them in chicken broth, or peel the smaller ones and eat raw. But I heard tell that if you slice them like potatoes, and fry em up in bacon drippings, :licking:. Mark

 

[kubotakid USA]

Got a late start on this plot, no rain when I wanted to plant. Still yet, the turnips and rye are doing great. I had a partner today when digging a few turnips for the table. If I didn't know better, I'd think he likes turnips.

WOW,..thats a great catch...

 

[tech141]

Looks like you have a great "in the field" partner.

 

[creekbend]

Good looking plot. :thumbsup:

 

[Baranx4]

Looks good, bet the deer starting hitting it after they sweetened up. Last year I had purple top turnips that were huge, got the right amount of rain when we needed it. When I took a picture of them next to a quarter it made the quarter look like a tiny dime.

Hard to believe how a seed so small gets so large. Especially with a good amount of nitrogen when planting.

 

[herd]

Nice looking patch of turnips, nice looking dog too. But, I do not need to look at your profile to see that you're a Northerner tho, your 5gal bucket contains only the roots.

Here in the South, turnips are a revered Fall crop, and we eat the tops and roots cooked together, usually with some kind of pork, ham hocks or pork backbones/neckbones works best.

If you like eating the roots, you'll love eating the tops and roots together, the pork flavors the greens so there's not bitter taste and the "liquor" is phenomenal, eaten alone or ove rice.

YUM!

 

[RobertBrown]

Here in the South, turnips are a revered Fall crop, and we eat the tops and roots cooked together, usually with some kind of pork, ham hocks or pork backbones/neckbones works best.

If you like eating the roots, you'll love eating the tops and roots together, the pork flavors the greens so there's not bitter taste and the "liquor" is phenomenal, eaten alone or ove rice.

I'm gettin real hungry........ Might have to cook up some greens and grits :thumbsup:

 

[herd]

Just had grits and salt-cured ham for supper.

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

Ham hocks or neck bones here, too. We had turkey this year for Christmas dinner, or the ham bone would've had a job. Won't be too awful long to start thinking about poke greens. :licking: I'm not so far north we don't eat soul food. What I didn't have a picture of is the turnip patch at home. That patch was the kitchen patch. The patch in the picture was for the deer. I think there's still a few over there that would cook up real good in some chicken stock..........MMMMM... MMM. Mark

 

[Kioti Tom]

I am not a fan of Turnips, root or greens. But!!!!, When the wife make many slits in a ham and stuffs it full of greens, Well, The greens flavor the ham and the ham flavors the greens and I will eat them till they are gone. To do it right, you have to boil the stuffed ham and let it sit in the pot of liquor over nite to get the perfect flavoring.

One year when we had a bunch of friends over for my son's 6th birthday, (many years ago) I was planning on having ham for lunches 2 or 3 days at work. Fat chance! The 15 lb ham was gone! they even ate up all the scraps.

:drool: Just writing about it makes me drool :drool: Only way I eat turnips...the tops. My brother's favorite recipe he makes is Turnip casserol (sp)

Better stop writing before I get the keyboard wet.

Tom

 

[herd]

That sounds like a very interesting and delicious recipe. Can you tell us more about it, what kind of greens and how does your wife "slit" the ham and boil it how long.