whats the difference between a turnip and a sweade?

Answer 1

Turnips and swedes are both members of the cabbage family and are closely related to each other - so close that it is not surprising that their names are often confused. For instance, swedes are sometimes called Swedish turnips or swede-turnips and in Scotland, where they are thought of as turnips, they are called neeps. Nowadays, the confusion is not so acute. Many greengrocers and supermarkets sell early or baby turnips or, better still, French turnips - navets. Both are small and white, tinged either with green or in the case of navets, with pink or purple. Consequently, people are learning to tell their swedes from their turnips and also discovering what a delicious vegetable the turnip is.

Both turnips and swedes are a good source of calcium and potassium

Answer 2

It depends where you live.In the north of the country and Scotland a turnip is the orange fleshed vegetable,and the swede is the small white thing! Further south it tends to be the other way around.So depending on where you live you could ask for one thing and get the other!

Answer 3

I always knew a rootabaga as a swede and a turnip as a turnip. Turnips are smaller, lighter-fleshed. Rootabagas are pretty large with a much orange-ier flesh. The both have that warm, earthy, autumn taste though! mmm.

Answer 4

Turnips have white flesh and a green/white skin, they are smaller than swedes and taste completely different to swedes which have orange/green skin and orange flesh.

Answer 5

I can only say, a Turnip is a type of root vegetable, while a Swede is a native of Sweden..

Well someone had to do it didn't they?

Answer 6

Nothing , they'r the same thing , the name just depends on which part of the country you live in .

Answer 7

Swede's are always blonde ask ulrika.lol

Answer 8

don't know but they do have one thing in common , they are both gross!!!

Answer 9

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