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.
Attempted turnips at a much younger age. Like you, they were
found to be blah. However, attempted a new vegie at a ‘more
mature’ age, ‘parsnip’ and found it delicious. All in all,
must claim that broccoli is second on the list of vegies, right after those potatoes. :-)