Turnips

[Karl F]

If you ever can get an Eastham Turnip, prefferably a Nickerson variety... skin them cut into chunks a little salt, eat raw, like a carrot... ... dern good cooked too.. but nthing finer than raw with a dash of salt...

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by Karl F

If you ever can get an Eastham Turnip, prefferably a Nickerson variety... skin them cut into chunks a little salt, eat raw, like a carrot... ... dern good cooked too.. but nthing finer than raw with a dash of salt...

In all these years, I'd never tried an Eastham Turnip. No bitter at all. Made the whole family believers. Jenn's cousin has a small farm and is looking for the seed, I told him good luck. My favorite way is sliced thin dipped in soysauce, but they are very good cooked. They are literally like no other.

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

In all these years, I'd never tried an Eastham Turnip. No bitter at all. Made the whole family believers. Jenn's cousin has a small farm and is looking for the seed, I told him good luck. My favorite way is sliced thin dipped in soysauce, but they are very good cooked. They are literally like no other.

There is SOMETHING in the soil too... I know a gal that got the seeds from Nickerson, and she is growing them on her farm in South Orleans... they are good, but the ones grown in Eastham taste a little better... Eastham used to be famous for it Asparagus crop too, way back... still grows wild here and there... if you were to go out Blackbeards back door and poke around in the meadow there, come springtime, you will come across it growing wild... and it still eats good

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by Karl F

There is SOMETHING in the soil too... I know a gal that got the seeds from Nickerson, and she is growing them on her farm in South Orleans... they are good, but the ones grown in Eastham taste a little better... Eastham used to be famous for it Asparagus crop too, way back... still grows wild here and there... if you were to go out Blackbeards back door and poke around in the meadow there, come springtime, you will come across it growing wild... and it still eats good

My Great-grandfather raised asparagus behind my house in Truro, and dairy cattle. There were still wild plants around when I was a kid. He used to pack the spears in barrels and ship them to "the city" by train. The depot was across the street. Forgot all about that..

[thortum]

My wife cooked some last year for the first time,and they were delicious! Can't remember how they were cooked. Now I'm going to have to ask her to cook more.