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A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
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The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.
Examples of parsnips in a Sentence
To boil, bring a pan of water to the boil and add the prepared parsnips.
You'll also read about sowing parsnips in February.
And tonight I am making char-grilled lamb cutlets with cumin and thyme, plus sprouts, roast potatoes and glazed parsnips.
Vegan kebabs Very tasty marinated kebabs with peppers, courgettes and parsnips.
Serve with the roasted parsnips and onions, any remaining glaze and a fresh green salad.
The problem with growing parsnips is that they have a very long growing season.
Cooking cut the parsnips into chunks and cook them in boiling water until easily penetrated with a kitchen knife (about 20 minutes ).
Whilst frying a batch of potatoes, William found a few loose parsnips in the bottom of the crate.
His soil isn't suitable for carrots and parsnips as the alluvial silt has heavy seams running through it which make them bend.
Its crop of potatoes in 1909 was 52,560,000 bushels and that of Maine, the next largest, 29,250,000 bushels; and the state is a large producer of onions, turnips, cabbages, cauliflower, sweet Indian corn, cucumbers, rhubarb, parsnips, carrots, green peas and green beans.
Stir fries are extremely adaptable to seasonal ingredients and can work with items as diverse as asparagus and cherry tomatoes or parsnips and winter squash.
Besides potatoes, which thrive well and yield large quantities of excellent quality, there are turnips, carrots, parsnips and beets.
Hardier sorts of vegetable seeds and plants, such as beets, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, onions, parsley, parsnips, peas, potatoes, radishes, spinach, turnip, &c., should all be sown or planted by the middle of the month if the soil is dry and warm, and in all cases, where practicable, before the end of the month.
All vegetable roots not designed to be left in the ground during the winter should be dug up, such as beets, carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, &c. The cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce plants grown from seed sown last month should be pricked out in cold frames.