Leonard Hatred 6:49 Tue Jan 11
Swede
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The most underrated of vegetables.
Discuss.
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Leonard Hatred
6:52 Tue Jan 11
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I just had some SWEDE in a carvery in Haydock.
It occurred to me that I haven't eaten SWEDE for years.
Why do you never see SWEDE anywhere nowadays?
It is great.
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Coffee
6:56 Tue Jan 11
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Love it.
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only1billybonds
6:57 Tue Jan 11
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Mashed swede and carrot mixed in is reet champion!
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Far Cough
7:00 Tue Jan 11
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It's cattle food, fucking shite
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Leonard Hatred
7:03 Tue Jan 11
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Kale, quinoa, broccoli etc have emerged as hip, fashionable veg but SWEDE (and parsnips, come to think of it) has become deeply unfashionable and cast into the abyss.
Swede is the DEF LEPPARD of the vegetable world.
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mallard
7:04 Tue Jan 11
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Len
The swede is thought to have been introduced into Britain around 1800. It is said that King Gustav of Sweden sent the first swede seeds as a gift to Patrick Miller (1731 – 1815) of Dumfries and Galloway, and that this act resulted in the vegetable being called 'swede
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SecondOpinion
7:06 Tue Jan 11
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It is regarded as cattle fodder on the continent, as well as parsnips and turnips
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Far Cough
7:06 Tue Jan 11
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It's called Rutabaga in America
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Leonard Hatred
7:08 Tue Jan 11
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I don't think I've ever eaten turnip.
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Mike Oxsaw
7:13 Tue Jan 11
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A decent, real man's winter soup is all the poorer for a lack of Swede.
My ex- felt such soup "poor people's food", image driven as she was, but when my kids came to live with me, such chowder was stuff they couldn't wait for as the seasons rolled around.
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Swiss.
8:19 Tue Jan 11
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Had many a hot blonde female Swede in the 3 years I was there. Yummy.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
8:22 Tue Jan 11
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You don't need parsnip, turnip and swede for a good stew/soup. If I had the other two, I'd leave out the swede.
Onions, carrots, leeks, celery and pearl barley are, of course, compulsory.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
8:26 Tue Jan 11
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Leonard Hatred 7:03 Tue Jan 11
Parsnip have a strong flavour so people under 40 tend to dislike them or have childhood memories of disliking them. Plus they aren't gay enough for the taste of your average metrosexual.
I think we can all agree that kale and quinoa are thoroughly gay and that broccoli is definitely coming out of the closet.
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Lily Hammer
8:56 Tue Jan 11
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“ Swede is the DEF LEPPARD of the vegetable world.”
Ha ha ha! Priceless.
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Hammer and Pickle
8:56 Tue Jan 11
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Surely swede and turnip, like pumpkin and marrow, are practically inedible unless one is starving? The next option once that runs out is acorns and grass.
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chim chim cha boo
9:04 Tue Jan 11
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Mum used to cook it for Sunday dinner. I was one of those who hated sweet and savoury on the same plate which is why I didn't like parsnips and turnips etc.
Swede was the exception though. Mum used to cook the fuck out of it (who's Cockney mum didn't nuke their veg back then?)
mash it up, loads of salt and butter, lovely.
For the last three and a bit years I've been going out with a vegan so I have completely changed my eating habits as she's a great cook. The latest thing I'm getting into is chard.
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