Parsnip
noun
A kind of root vegetable that is usually white in color.
Candice used parsnips in her stew to give it a sweet taste
Often appears as...
- roasted parsnips
- parsnip soup
noun
A kind of root vegetable that is usually white in color.
Candice used parsnips in her stew to give it a sweet taste
Often appears as...
- roasted parsnips
- parsnip soup
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Root Vegetable
Understand that 'parsnip' is similar to carrots but differs in taste and color.
I mistook a parsnip for a white carrot at the market.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Use
Parsnips are often used in cooking for their sweet flavor after being roasted or boiled.
The chef added parsnips to the vegetable medley for sweetness.
Pro Tip 3/3Winter Crop
Parsnips are typically harvested in late fall or winter, improving their sweetness.
Farmers market in December often has fresh parsnips.
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taproot
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Tristram Stuart: The...
in growing spinach, not one leaf of which he harvested, because there was a little bit of grass growing in amongst it. Potatoes that are cosmetically imperfect, all going for pigs. Parsnips that are too small for supermarket specifications, tomatoes in Tenerife,
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Elevating simple...
not convincing anyone to be a vegetarian just to eat meat and fish in moderation and if you do that you can learn about new vegetables like parsnips salsa fie and sunchokes sunchokes there we go now back to the beat so very late one night
Video examples
Tristram Stuart: The...
in growing spinach, not one leaf of which he harvested, because there was a little bit of grass growing in amongst it. Potatoes that are cosmetically imperfect, all going for pigs. Parsnips that are too small for supermarket specifications, tomatoes in Tenerife,
Video examples
Elevating simple...
not convincing anyone to be a vegetarian just to eat meat and fish in moderation and if you do that you can learn about new vegetables like parsnips salsa fie and sunchokes sunchokes there we go now back to the beat so very late one night
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Quote examples
Langston Hughes
American Poet
I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like 'Tristan,' goat's milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike 'Aida,' parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges.
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Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
If you would ask me some of the ingredients that people are surprised by that could appear on my menu are such things as bleu cheese, vegetables like parsnips and rutabaga, bacon, pork fat, fois gras, truffles, and olives.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
On some subconscious level, I've been prejudiced against turnips, parsnips, swedes and other roots. Do they taste of much? Are they really special? How wrong I was.
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Daniel Humm
Swiss Chef
I think sometimes with the parsnip, people are maybe a little afraid and don't use it as often.
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Roddy Llewellyn
British Journalist
There's nothing like a roast parsnip, you don't want them too chewy though.
Quote examples
Langston Hughes
American Poet
I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like 'Tristan,' goat's milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike 'Aida,' parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges.
Quote examples
Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
If you would ask me some of the ingredients that people are surprised by that could appear on my menu are such things as bleu cheese, vegetables like parsnips and rutabaga, bacon, pork fat, fois gras, truffles, and olives.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
On some subconscious level, I've been prejudiced against turnips, parsnips, swedes and other roots. Do they taste of much? Are they really special? How wrong I was.
Quote examples
Daniel Humm
Swiss Chef
I think sometimes with the parsnip, people are maybe a little afraid and don't use it as often.
Quote examples
Roddy Llewellyn
British Journalist
There's nothing like a roast parsnip, you don't want them too chewy though.
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