turnips

[mikeczyz]

am plannign on roasting turnips tomorrow. i've heard that turnips have two skins, the outside skin, and one on the interior. how do you know if you've peeled off both skins?

mike

[maggiethecat]

Two skins? Not sure 'bout that, but it's true that some turnips have thickesh skins. And sometimes the crust of a roasted turnip pulls away from the meat of the t'nip, so it looks as if some skin has been left on.

Never found it a problem. Just peel well.

[torakris]

I have only cooked with the very small Japanese turnips, and they do have a thick skin and usually there is a faint green line running through (second skin) just under the skin.

I peel so all of that green is removed.

[nervousnelli]

Nope - only one skin. Peel well and roast as you would potatoes.

[Jinmyo]

And if the skin is not that thick, I often leave it on. The purple part especially.

[Matt Seeber]

what jin said and one skin

[JAZ]

Elizabeth Schneider, in Vegetables fro Amaranth to Zucchini, mentions in passing that some old or poorly stored turnips might have a fibrous layer under the skin -- maybe that's what you've heard about. She suggests tasting any such turnips to make sure they aren't bitter.