[V K Lee]

I'll not turn up my nose. After all, we here in the
South have dined on weeds in our history.

During the depression it was Dandelion weeds and
poke salad. Shoot, Scarlet even ate raw turnip
according to Margret Mitchell. Not much into turnip
raw or cooked, but those turnip greens are
mighty delicious. Chef Fieri more than likely would have the skills to present them on the table slapped with an expensive price on the menu.

[poconopundit]

"A weed is a vegetable whose virtues have yet to be discovered" -- Emerson.

At home, my mom prepared cooked and mashed turnips to accompany our Thanksgiving turkey dinner. But it always tasted bland to me, so I merely ate it out of politeness.

However, here in Japan produce a pickled turnips by covering the raw turnips in salt and sugar for a few hours then cooling them in the reefer to make a splendid dish.

I play pickleball with a group of housewives and grandmoms. And one of the ladies brings a batch of pickled turnips to nibble on after the games. Good stuff.