Storing parsnips

[Icyberjunkie]

Its not going to long now (I hope) until the warmer weather means the parsnips will start sprouting again and need binning.  I therefore plan to dig them all up.  NOw I know that thet can be stored in a box of sand or peat that is dry and cool.  However I wondered if they could also be frozen and stay in good enough shape for roasting?

Iain

[Icyberjunkie]

[jennym]

That's what I do Iain. I peel and prepare them as if for cooking, then dunk them in a big pan of boiling water for about a minute, drain, sprinkle some veg oil on them then freeze them on a tray so they are separate. When frozen, then put them into a bag in the freezer. To cook, just take out what you need and straight into hot oven, they cook fine from frozen.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I just chop them up (we almost always put them in stews and the like) and freeze them; they work fine.

[Icyberjunkie]

Thanks for that and great tip Jenny.  Hadn't thought of the oil sprinkling having only heard about laying them out on oven trays which I always considered way to much hassle for me  ;D

[Derekthefox]

I intend to take advantage of this excellent advice too. I just hope I don't cause domestic disharmony by filling the freezer up with yet more vegetables !!!

[Mrs Ava]

I am not as organised as Jen, I just slice mine into roasting size, lay them on a tray, freeze 'em then bag 'em.  I also do stew packs where I chop up my 'snips, swedes, carrots, leeks and any other roots or shoots that I have in abundance, and bag them up in mixes that would suit just taking out of the freezer and bunging in a soup or stew.

[adrianhumph]

Its not going to long now (I hope) until the warmer weather means the parsnips will start sprouting again and need binning.

Iain

What is this about being no good when they start to sprout ??? I was hoping to leave mine all in the ground for another couple of months, is this not wise ???

                                                                           Adrian

[Robert_Brenchley]

They go rather woody if you leave them too long.

[Mrs Ava]

And they stand the risk of getting canker and slug damage.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Or being eaten by rabbits for that matter, which is how I lost most of mine one year.