what are they?

[homegrown]

Can anyone please tell me what Neeps are, I read about them in a book but there is no description or picture, thanks

[frozenthunderbolt]

Turnips i belieeve, though im sure someone can correct me if wrong.

[Millymollymandy]

I think they are parsnips but there will be loads of Scottish folk on soon to tell you all about 'neeps and tatties'.

Alterntively you might be asking about Shirley's forum called Neeps?

[fran]

Depending where you live in the country, they are turnips or swedes. Down south we call swedes swedes and turnips turnips, up north they call swedes turnips and turnips swedes!!!! Anyway neeps are the sweet orange ones!!!!!

[Millymollymandy]

Ooops I meant swedes not parsnips!!!

But then again Shirley's logo is a turnip.

I do love the swede/turnip debate.

[Millymollymandy]

Depending where you live in the country, they are turnips or swedes. Down south we call swedes swedes and turnips turnips, up north they call swedes turnips and turnips swedes!!!! Anyway neeps are the sweet orange ones!!!!!

That's rutabaga isn't it?

[fran]

Depending where you live in the country, they are turnips or swedes. Down south we call swedes swedes and turnips turnips, up north they call swedes turnips and turnips swedes!!!! Anyway neeps are the sweet orange ones!!!!!

That's rutabaga isn't it?

What a fabulous word, will use that as soon as I can at some point today!!!!

[Millymollymandy]

It's the American word for swede and also what they are called in France, however French rutabaga which looks like swede on the outside, is white and bitter inside like a turnip. I haven't tried French turnips which look like southern English turnips. Who knows, maybe they are sweet and orange inside?

[MKG]

No, no, no. Neeps are the eggs of the wild haggis. Thought everyone knew that.

Mike

[chadspad]

M3 - the rutabaga we have here is the normal sweet orange swede.

[pelmetman]

This always drives me mad when I see cooking programmes on the tele and they pick up a swede and call it a turnip. No a turnip is a turnip and a swede is a swede.

[oldfella]

No, no, no. Neeps are the eggs of the wild haggis. Thought everyone knew that.

Mike

Thank goodness, at last an authority on the Wild Haggis, as I have had 6 neeps in my incubator for 6 wks now and, still no Haggis, how long do I have to wait Mike ?

[MKG]

Well, not so much an authority, but I have a passing knowledge.

As far as I've read, artificial incubation is extremely hitty-missy. The only surefire method is to use a wild haggis to sit on them (don't forget, though, that it's the male which does the sitting in this species. Something to do with the extended sporran fringe, I think).

Mike

[Millymollymandy]

M3 - the rutabaga we have here is the normal sweet orange swede.

Oh for god's sake so they have the same north south turnip/swede/neeps problem in France too.

[fran]

Well, not so much an authority, but I have a passing knowledge.

As far as I've read, artificial incubation is extremely hitty-missy. The only surefire method is to use a wild haggis to sit on them (don't forget, though, that it's the male which does the sitting in this species. Something to do with the extended sporran fringe, I think).

Mike

Probably because the temperature in the incubator is often set too high. In the haggis' natural state, ie the Scottish Highlands, there is always a cool/cold breeze, especially when it is blowing through the sporran