Turnips (No. 130)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Time
Cook: 90 min Total: 90 min
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (2)
Instructions (3)
  1. Peel off half an inch of the stringy outside.
  2. Full-grown turnips will take about an hour and a half gentle boiling; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner; try them with a fork; when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve till the water is thoroughly drained from them.
  3. Send them up whole; do not slice them.
Original Text
Turnips.—(No. 130.) Peel off half an inch of the stringy outside. Full-grown turnips will take about an hour and a half gentle boiling; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner; try them with a fork; when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve till the water is thoroughly drained from them. Send them up whole; do not slice them. N.B. To very young turnips leave about two inches of the green top. See No. 132.
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