turnip

About all he can tell us of daily life in the 16th century is that Muscovites loved turnip pie, had few chairs, and that glass was not to be had.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

The winner takes home a turnip impaled on a rusty six inch nail in a block of wood as a trophy and a blue plaque.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

In gatherings, they savored rice cakes and turnip cakes, with children receiving cash-stuffed red envelopes as blessings from their married relatives.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Boonthom had noticed her packing the harvested fruit — a turnip variety Yo describes as a “cross between a potato and an apple” — and had been love-struck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

When I got back, Gus was home from work, sitting in a lawn chair dunking turnip greens in a bucket of water.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

In the 19th century, children gobbled chiles and mutton and turnips and jellied pig’s brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Roots and vegetables are natural fits: turnips, parsnips, cauliflower, mushrooms, roasted eggplant, fennel, sunchokes.

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

Yes, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer tucked in a bib and tucked into the haggis, accompanied by neeps and tatties, cute Scottish names for turnips and potatoes, mashed and buttered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

One field had already been too wet to drill and plant the normal winter crop after the autumn's heavy rainfall; the second had stubble turnips planted, which a neighbour's sheep grazed.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024

I gathered bits of straw from the floor and the hens’ nest outside, but all that got me was some shriveled turnips and onions.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff