Armored Turnips poll

[bunnyjadwiga]

I'm thinking of putting together a list of "easy to make medieval dishes" and I thought I'd start where I started, with Armored Turnips. For those who aren't familiar with them, they are a sort of turnip au gratin, or as some people have put it, turnips as cheese substrate.

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Cut up turnips that have been either boiled or cooked under the ashes.
Likewise do the same with rich cheese, not too ripe. These should be
smaller morsels than the turnips, though. In a pan greased with butter
or liquamen, make a layer of cheese first, then a layer of turnips,
and so on, all the while pouring in spice and some butter, from
time to time. This dish is quickly cooked and should be eaten quickly, too.

[Poll #1159629]

Comments

[paquerette.livejournal.com]

This is an awesome poll because I love armored turnips so very, very much. For the spices I picked what I usually do, but I'd be inclined to try some of the other stuff. I'm just not a keep medieval spices around the house kind of person, and I don't always know what to do with what I do have. Yet.

Also, I start with butter in the bottom to keep the initial turnip layer from sticking, but I chose turnip as the first layer.

Cheddar tastes good but I have heard that it is wrong. But I do it anyway, especially if we're just eating it at home. ;)

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I second the motion of trying different spice combinations.

How much butter to use depends on which cheese[s] one plans to use.

Among the cheese I picked were Gouda and Swiss, which are probably wrong, but I like the way they taste with the turnips.