It had a lot of green leaves on it and was large, about 12 inches in length. We thought at first that it was a swede or turnip as it was quite yellow in colour externally. We cut into it and it was white inside and almost starchy like a potato. When we cooked it it was foul and just tasted of dirt, even though it had been thoroughly washed. Can anyone shed any light on what this was, was it just not ripe etc?? My husband seems to think it may have been some random root veg grown for pig feed! The field of it was huge so surely there is a demand?
2007-10-07 08:48:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
sounds like sugar beet. grown for sugar and being harvested from now till february
2007-10-07 08:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by kramisin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could have been white radish. Just going by a cooking programme on the other day. About the same length with green leaves on the top.
2007-10-07 09:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Somer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep, sounds like beets, the type we feed cows with. Leave well alone, they're are not fit for human consumption.
2007-10-07 09:48:32 · answer #3 · answered by fed up woman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sound's like sugar beet
2007-10-07 08:55:50 · answer #4 · answered by pigeonlegs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd got with sugar beet too - horrid stuff!!
2007-10-07 08:55:47 · answer #5 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could have been a mangold wurzel - they grow them to feed cows.
2007-10-07 09:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by isaulte 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may have been squash,I think thats what its called,was it a roundish shape? I cant really tell you anything more about Im afraid.
2007-10-07 08:55:35 · answer #7 · answered by anna 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
*LOL*
It serves you right for taking the poor animals' feed from them!
2007-10-07 09:00:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be fodder beet, or sugar beet.
2007-10-07 08:51:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an overgrown parsnip?
2007-10-07 08:54:52 · answer #10 · answered by sandtwixtoes 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋