The reason I ask is, as a southerner, I was always lead to believe a swede was the larger of the two - being brownish/mauve in colour and a turnip was the smaller and white with a green top. I still firmly believe that but my northern work colleagues think its the other way round. Im beginning to doubt myself - BUT I'M SURE IM RIGHT!!!! :help:

Swede is larger than a turnip.

Originally posted by Johnh
Swede is larger than a turnip.
Common misconception around Sheffield area, My mother always used to call a swede a turnip. Just a local thing I guess!

Originally posted by Ellybum
The reason I ask is, as a southerner, I was always lead to believe a swede was the larger of the two - being brownish/mauve in colour and a turnip was the smaller and white with a green top. I still firmly believe that but my northern work colleagues think its the other way round. Im beginning to doubt myself - BUT I'M SURE IM RIGHT!!!! :help:


spot on white turnips the other stuff that is more common in "stew packs" @ Morri's is swede.
oh! and pork is red meat not white in case the mother in law is reading this post.

They also taste different. I don't like turnip but I like swede with carrot mash.

one is in charge of England, the other is a vegetable.

hang on did i get that the right way?

Originally posted by liamfh
one is in charge of England, the other is a vegetable.

hang on did i get that the right way?

Top stuff, he he!!! liam!

Originally posted by liamfh
one is in charge of England, the other is a vegetable.

hang on did i get that the right way?

Is that the country or football team ?

Originally posted by liamfh
one is in charge of England, the other is a vegetable.

hang on did i get that the right way?

Haha! That was so funny - and extremely witty!

Thanks for all the responses so far - I KNEW I WAS RIGHT!! :thumbsup:

Actually...haven't both of them at some time been in charge of England?

So...there is no difference? ;)

Originally posted by Johnh
Common misconception around Sheffield area, My mother always used to call a swede a turnip. Just a local thing I guess!

It changes depending which area of the country you're in. I'm a southerner and as far as I'm concerned the swede is the purple one, but people in Scotland, the North and Cornwall believe the opposite.

Originally posted by JoeP
Actually...haven't both of them at some time been in charge of England?

So...there is no difference? ;)

Correction:

One is in charge of England, and the other in charge of Wednesday.

Swede (http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/IMAGES/swede_brora_2.jpg)

Turnip (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wokme.com/images/ingredients/turnip.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wokme.com/ingredients/turnip.htm&h=186&w=250&sz=4&tbnid=1qu_whh0m9UJ:&tbnh=78&tbnw=106&hl=en&start=73&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dturnip%26start%3D60%26svnum%3D10%26hl %3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)

The best way to work out which is which is by the number of chromosomes as described here :

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/turnip.html

Bring me your veg and I'll have someone in my lab analyse it for you if you wanna know if you have a turnip or a rutabaga :P

There is also a history of the veg on that page :thumbsup:

EDIT : a swede = a turnip + a cabbage; natural GM food ? go figure :P

Somehow i read "...the difference between swade and a turnip"

Can you tell ive been drinking :D

My lovely parents used to get us a 'swede' for halloween rather than a pumpkin - like they thought we couldn't tell the difference :confused:

Have you ever tried hollowing out a swede? :mad:

Pumpkins didn't used to be available in this country - well not where I lived as a kid

Another americanisation :roll:

Originally posted by Johnh
Common misconception around Sheffield area, My mother always used to call a swede a turnip. Just a local thing I guess! When I lived in Cornwall as a child, my mother always called a swede a turnip....it wasn't until I moved back to Kent to live with my dad that I knew there were two different vegetables.

Never liked turnip!

Swede mashed with butter and pepper, and then baked in the oven.....mmmmmmmmmmmmm......heaven 8)

Swede is a rough type of leather and tunips catch dust on the bottom of old mens trousers. :D

swedes are commonly reffered to in Scotland as "neep".

I didn't think there was a difference...has anyone ever seen a square watermelon ?

:hihi: A Swede is a person from Sweden, and a turnip is a vegetable. :hihi:

As remarked on before probably, Erriksson and Taylor. :)
As compared to mutton and turnip, Burton and Taylor.:(

No that does not make sense and is not remotely funny.

The reason I ask is, as a southerner, I was always lead to believe a swede was the larger of the two - being brownish/mauve in colour and a turnip was the smaller and white with a green top. I still firmly believe that but my northern work colleagues think its the other way round. Im beginning to doubt myself - BUT I'M SURE IM RIGHT!!!! :help:

Why bother!!!!!!!!!
They are both as disgusting as the other and I would personally rather chew on a tramps undercrackers than put this kind of filth in my mouth. :gag:

Swede, orange colour when cooked ... turnip .. white.