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unusual facts about turnip



Chaerophyllum bulbosum

Chaerophyllum bulbosum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by several common names, including turnip-rooted chervil, tuberous-rooted chervil, bulbous chervil, and parsnip chervil.

Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi (German turnip or turnip cabbage) (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes group) (Olkopi in Assamese and Bengali) (Monji Haak in Kashmiri) is an annual vegetable, and is a low, stout cultivar of cabbage.

Mecklenburg T 7

Later, two units went to the so-called Rübenbahn ('Turnip Railway'), the branch line from Tangermünde to Lüderitz.

Merv Pumpkinhead

While his appearance can vary based on who is viewing him (for example, William Shakespeare saw a turnip-headed version of Merv in Sandman #75 (March 1996)), Merv is generally portrayed as having a pumpkin for a head.

Paul Ridley

When the England football team under manager Graham Taylor flopped at Euro ’92, Ridley capitalised on the infamous SWEDES 2 TURNIPS 1 headline with a lengthy campaign to get ‘Turnip’ Taylor sacked.

Prekmurska gibanica

The oldest extant document (1828) by József Kossics described the wedding (prek: "Gostüvanje) never goes by without gibanica, which is done as follows: "The dough is rolled until thin, sprinkled with grated cabbage, turnips or ricotta.

Spare ribs

In County Cork, Ireland, pork or beef spare ribs are boiled and eaten with potatoes and turnips.

Teeny Ted from Turnip Town

Teeny Ted from Turnip Town (2007), published by Robert Chaplin, is certified by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest reproduction of a printed book.

The Flail from Heaven

The butcher, having no currency on him, bartered a measure of turnip-seed with the peasant, offering should the peasant return to him with the measure of rapeseed he would exchange a Brabant thaler for each seed.

Turnip cake

Turnip cake can also be stir-fried and made into the dish Chai tow kway.

Wild turnip

Brassica rapa, the cultivated turnip species, which has been introduced throughout the world


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