The Year of Pickled Turnip - recipe at bottom

[Bubblingbrooks]

Okay, I just hate turnips. And they seem to grow really well here, too. So there's no turnip-y taste if they're pickled?

Growing them in the heat of the year really ramps up that "taste". I hated them, and rutabagas, until I grew them in Alaska, where we have the cool weather. They are rather sweet!
And yes, pickling and even better then that, fermenting them changes the flavor.

 

[Marianne]

Is that the saurreuben you were talking about? (fermenting?)

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

Is that the saurreuben you were talking about? (fermenting?)

Yes.

 

[stepstephens2]

After sitting in the fridge for the second day I can not detect any turnip taste. It tastes like a light pickled nothing... but really good. It's hard to explain. It's a clean tangy taste. Plus it has this crunch to it that I think we're always chasing with making pickles, but it is finally achieved with the turnip. I think it is probably one of those things that you would have to try to know if you would like it. But I gave some to my friend today to taste and she couldn't identify what vegetable it was. She has tasted regular turnips before but she still guessed radish.

 

[Farmfresh]

Great story and thanks for the recipe!! I will definitely be trying this one. My hubby is a pickled beet lover. We also make a lot of hot pickled okra and hot veggie pickles around here, so this is a great recipe for our collection.

As for radishes ... I have hated them for years. Then I discovered cooked Creamed Radishes and started eating the radish tops as well. Just as dragonlaurel said - when you cook radishes they lose their heat and turn into a different vegetable altogether in my opinion. I use the radish tops in soups and stir-frys much the same as you would collards, cabbage or spinach. They are yummy!

 

[stepstephens2]

Ok everyone... you convinced me to give radishes one more try. I have about 15 seeds left over from my packs and I will throw them in the ground. If I am meant to like radishes cooked or pickled this will be their last chance!

 

[freemotion]

It sounds like this recipe would convert nicely to a fermented pickle. I'll have to try it!

 

[ORChick]

Its turnip kraut

OK, this is pedantic and off topic, but still ...

Sauerrueben are fermented, or sour turnips. Sauerkraut is fermented, or sour cabbage.

*Turnip kraut* would be turnip cabbage, with no indication of *sour* or *fermented*.

I know, Americans say *kraut*, and mean *Sauerkraut*, so by extension any vegetable +*kraut* = pickled *any vegetable*. I guess we all know what is meant by *turnip kraut*, but still, it is not correct.

[/Language police]

 

[dragonlaurel]

I'm such a bad influence. I usually slice them in into veggie soup with the carrots since they are similar texture.