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Pumpkin or turnip?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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We used to use a carved out turnip instead of a pumpkin for Hallowe'en. Did you use a turnip like me or the traditional pumpkin?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    pumpkin :( only did it once or twice tho cos it was messy and no-one in the family liked to eat pumpkin
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lea_uk wrote:
    We used to use a carved out turnip instead of a pumpkin for Hallowe'en. Did you use a turnip like me or the traditional pumpkin?
    turnip when i lived up north, pumpkin now im in the midlands.
    southerners you may be a bit confused but by turnip, we mean the Swede :D
    n its lovely mashed with lots of butter n black pepper :D yum
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Is it not a bit hard to scoop out the inside of a turnip? It's not soft like a pumpkin or do you do something to it first?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i've just had the turnip/swede row with my friend who is from Newcastle.

    i use a pumpkin anyway, and peppers for mini ones.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nicebutdim23 wrote:
    i've just had the turnip/swede row with my friend who is from Newcastle.

    i use a pumpkin anyway, and peppers for mini ones.
    peppers are a fab idea!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Glittery Vodka wrote:
    Is it not a bit hard to scoop out the inside of a turnip? It's not soft like a pumpkin or do you do something to it first?
    i dont do anything to them but it is had work!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I thought turnips and swedes were different :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    beans wrote:
    I thought turnips and swedes were different :chin:

    They are :confused:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tweety wrote:
    They are :confused:
    A swede is just another name for a turnip is it not?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Glittery Vodka wrote:
    A swede is just another name for a turnip is it not?


    Come to think of it don't ask me, i'm not with it today :lol:
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    Glittery Vodka wrote:
    A swede is just another name for a turnip is it not?

    That's what I thought ...

    Anyway, I have never scooped out a turnip or a pumpkin. I feel so deprived :(
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Pumpkin. A local farmer grows tens of thousands of the bastards. You only have to go down the road to see orange field upon orange field.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tweety wrote:
    Come to think of it don't ask me, i'm not with it today :lol:
    Are you ever with it? :yeees:





    :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lea_uk wrote:
    We used to use a carved out turnip instead of a pumpkin for Hallowe'en. Did you use a turnip like me or the traditional pumpkin?

    its actually traditionally a turnip.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We had a pumpkin last year, for the first time ever. Won't be having one again..
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Pumpkin soup is :yum:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    VinylVicky wrote:
    turnip when i lived up north, pumpkin now im in the midlands.
    southerners you may be a bit confused but by turnip, we mean the Swede :D
    n its lovely mashed with lots of butter n black pepper :D yum
    How the heck do you carve out something as rock hard as a swede???
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    always used a pumpkin
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Omgoodness, NEEPS! It reminds me of Oor Wullie. Ahh.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    giggles.
    I've never heard of carving a turnip before. It seems outrageous! I've only done pumpkins and have done one every year of my life until i moved from home. my dad scoops the icky out and i carve. Though sometimes i'll just carve a big blob, not a face.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Aren't turnips too small for that?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Glittery Vodka wrote:
    A swede is just another name for a turnip is it not?

    kinda, but not really.

    a swede is a variety of turnip (swedish turnip, hence the name) whereas if you go into a shop and ask for a turnip, you'd get a bogstandard english turnip, which is different.

    learn something new every day ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Traditonally you use a turnip, Americans use pumpkins.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Glittery Vodka wrote:
    Are you ever with it? :yeees:





    :p

    :crying: bitch :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turlough wrote:
    Traditonally you use a turnip, Americans use pumpkins.

    I knew you guys were all crazy :p

    So this is a turnip, right? http://www.clarion-call.org/prose/garden/turnip.jpg
    How in the world do you carve it? You must not be able to put candles in them. Weirdos ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lol you actually can carve them, I'll admit it's not as glamarous or eye catching as a pumpkin but it's possible.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turlough wrote:
    lol you actually can carve them, I'll admit it's not as glamarous or eye catching as a pumpkin but it's possible.

    I want to see a picture of a carved turnip. so no candles then? :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Found this informative site and yes there are candles.

    http://www.i-mockery.com/halloween/bag/jack.php
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turlough wrote:
    Found this informative site and yes there are candles.

    http://www.i-mockery.com/halloween/bag/jack.php

    oh crap. I"m going to have to wait four hours to see it, my work blocks that site :( Are you linking me to pumpkin/turnip porn
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Wow, I thought about making a joke earlier, like "They probably use birthday cake candles. :p" BUT IT'S TRUE!
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