Turnips & Parsnips

The slow-cooker trials continue. This weekend I tried out a recipe that included turnips & parsnips as major ingredients. When I got to Safeway, however, I realized that I had no idea what a parsnip looked like.

The produce bin I was searching had three choices: Turnips, parsnips, & Rutabega. Turnips I picked out readily, but now the question: Which was the parsnip? How to determine the identity of the parsnip?

A memory came to mind- a Homestar Runner cartoon that interestingly also included parsnips a a major ingredient. With this thought in mind, I confidently picked up the parsnips and brought them home with me for some slow-cooking action.

Thank you, interweb!