Well our swedes are nothing like turnips. Turnip flesh is white and swede flesh is yellowish. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean White <jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Haggis > It is only a short time ago that I learned there was more than one kind of > turnip as we always ate Swede turnips or rutabagas. I have grown a smaller > white turnip recently. They taste the same as the larger Swedes though. > > Jean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Haggis > > > > I know there is a subtle difference, but I call swede turnip - rutabaga to > > youse guys in Canada and America > > > > Marj > > > > > > > > > I called mashed swede...mashed neeps. :-)) > > > Roz > > > > > > > > > > Neeps is mashed turnip. > > > > > > > > I laughed at the story of the cake and candles, but quite honestly, I > > > would > > > > BAN fireworks. > > > > > > > > Marj > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > If you are a blood donor please ask to go on the Bone Marrow > Register. You won't be told about it if you don't ask. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 1/21/02

Are Swedes chinks now? Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sharpe" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Haggis > Well our swedes are nothing like turnips. Turnip flesh is white and swede > flesh is yellowish. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002