On Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6:52:50 AM UTC-8, wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 14:21:36 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >"Doris Night" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:03:28 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >>>>
> >>>> "sf" > wrote in message
> >>>> ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Don't want to use canned soup? Try this recipe
> >>>>> http://detoxinista.com/2012/11/clean...e-vegan-paleo/
> >>>>
> >>>> Parsnips? Those must be an acquired taste. We never had them growing
> >>>> up
> >>>> and my mom seemed to have no reason why. Except that perhaps they were
> >>>> not cheap and readily available like carrots. Why do they not make
> >>>> canned
> >>>> ones? Do they make frozen ones? I've never seen them. And I think for
> >>>> some reason they are much more commonly used in the UK.
> >>>
> >>>Yes we can buy them frozen. The only way I like parsnips is roasted and
> >>>cooked any other way I hate.
> >>
> >> We really like parsnip puree.
> >
> >You are very welcome to my share! Enjoy)
>
> You should taste them Julia's way. At the time masses of letters
> flowed in with people saying they had always hated them until they had
> them done this way. Personally I adore them roasted along with the
> meat.

Do you cook them again after you puree them? Is that what changes the bitter taste of the parsnip into something more mellow? I have never liked parsnips because of their peculiar bitterness. Wonder if the second cooking fixes that.