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Old January 18, 2015   #1
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Default January Parsnips

Last year I sowed a row of parsnips on the outside edge of my hoop house before I planted my melons, cucumber etc. and forgot them. I went out yesterday and dug one up and cleaned and sliced it up and put it in the fridge.

Today I fried it up in butter with a little Lea & Perrin until they were nice and brown. Oh boy! They were fantastic and pleasantly sweet, very unlike others pulled in the fall I have tried.

I had read that parsnips and carrots get much better tasting after cold weather turning their starch to sugar but had never tried it. If you haven't, I recommend giving it a try. I'm going to give carrots a try next year.
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Old January 21, 2015   #2
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My neighbor pulled some carrots for me right before Christmas. They were pretty darn good.
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Old January 21, 2015   #3
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Almost all of your root crops taste better this way.
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Old January 21, 2015   #4
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Congrats! I planted some parsnips with some carrots a couple summers back. Last spring, we were digging up the beds to plant peas, and I discovered that all those parsnips that I thought had died had instead grown huge and were still tasty. We dug them up and put them in stews and used them like we would carrots.
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Same as Brussel sprouts they need a frost to sweeten them
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