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7:35 am
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Sun 27-Sep-09
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I have still loads of parsnips that now need to be harvested (I need the growing space 
). Can anyone tell me the best way to freeze them for roasting. Or maybe I should dehydrate them? What would you suggest?
12:55 pm
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Not sure about freezing for roasting but they do freeze well if mashed.
I'll try that again!
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Mashed sounds a good idea as easy to store in the least space.
Is it just me, or does 'frozen parsnips' sound like a splendid old fashioned euphemism a la 'brass monkeys'?
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4:41 pm
Supreme Being
Mon 21-Sep-09
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I find that parsnips actually freeze quite well and still be baked. One of the more successful things to freeze 
4:47 pm
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Wed 23-Sep-09
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KateUK said:
Is it just me, or does 'frozen parsnips' sound like a splendid old fashioned euphemism a la 'brass monkeys'?
Hell yeah!!! lol 
4:53 pm
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Wed 30-Dec-09
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Didn't somebody suggest - way back - that was another name for a vasectomy - PARSNIP. 
Agree, Joanna, if the parsnips are prepared and ready to roast, but blanched for 2 minutes, and then they can be used instantly into the hot roasting tin. Brilliant vegetable. 
5:07 pm
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Well done everyone. BS are you back in UK now?
I'll try that again!
5:11 pm
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Wed 30-Dec-09
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Yep, TA, back in the UK - after a bit of a battle at the Eurotunnel last night, but just shattered today. Though I did manage to get all the washing done and dried, so it hasn't been a wasted day.
8:17 pm
Improver
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Sun 27-Sep-09
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Thanks for the advice (and jokes ) all! I shall dig them all up this weekend!
9:37 pm
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I froze peeled and chopped parsnips last December to save me time when it came time to cook Christmas dinner. They roasted really well, just like the dices squashed did.
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This is good, in Tesco I saw a bag of parsnips for £1, only I eat them so I didn't buy as I knew they would not all get eaten.
Now I shall in future buy, blanche & freeze!
6:59 pm
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Tue 19-Oct-10
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i found myself with a glut of parsnips
so peeled and cut into quarters for roasting blanch for 2 mins in salted water cool and freeze.
they roast perfectly from frozen 
7:06 pm
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Hello Steven, not met before. I had roasted hamburg parsley from ones I had frozen last year, they are similar to parsnips but grow better where I live in Latvia, they were rather good too.
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that sounds interesting Joanna - i'm going to have google it
please to meet you
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