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George Shirley
 
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The Joneses wrote:

> Eric Deaver wrote:
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>>Ok, I have a bunch of BIG turnips that have been in the ground all
>>season. Is there anything I can do with them? Any soup I can freeze?
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>>Eric

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> I used spring turnips, but I made a batch of White Wine Pickled Turnips
> (tastes like Red Wine Pickled Beets only not). If I remember, I used
> decent Riesling white wine, white wine vinegar, sugar, fresh ginger, salt,
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> and coriander seed to the same recipe as wine pickled beets in Joy of
> Pickling. They are interesting, but I'll not do them again, not with them
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> pickled beets in the house.
> Seems to me I've heard of turnip wine....
> Edrena
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Down here we feed turnips to the hogs, if'n they'll eat them. Otherwise
the turnip termites will get them. Yuck!

George