“On the way to work this morning I nearly drove into a mountain of mangelwurzles.”
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Off The Edge Gardening
WP apparently took off my first question as to what a mangelwurzel is. But not to worry: I googled it and I am fascinated that I had never heard of it. another first. Apparently it is NOT just a beet!
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The internet is always an education! Not the most glamorous of vegetable, but they serve their purpose. Did it also say that it is a nickname for west country folk?
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Thank you, I never realised that mangelwurzles were similar to the field beet that were regularly grown around us in the fields in Yorkshire. They were fed to the sheep over winter, the sheep seemed to enjoy them. I notice the sunshine in your photo, another sunny day tomorrow!
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I think they are one and the same thing. What a smashing day, hope you enjoyed it too x
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I can’t really think of a reply to that!!
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😉
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Mashed mangelwurzle for tea today?
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And tomorrow and the day after …. 😊
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Have you eaten them? They are supposed to be quite sweet when young and small, and the greens can be cooked like spinach – well so I have heard.
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No, these were not young or small!
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Did they fall off the back of a lorry? Be careful, you could be done for ‘handling’.
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The local farmer apparently dumped them there for his cows ….. 🙂
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Almost a zugzwang ….
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It was, I nearly veered off down the wrong road, part in amazement at what was blocking my side! ps I had to look up zugzwang 🙂
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Weirdest thing is, mangelwurzel is German and literally means shortage-root. Maybe it was nicknamed thus, because it had to stand in as food during times of famine. The plants name in German today is Runkelrübe.
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Thanks Lyart, that is spot on! I do love the word Runklerube though, I might use that in future. 🙂
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Somehow, “Runklerube” sounds like it could be the farmhand version of a fairytale character… 😉
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It does, doesn’t it?! 🙂
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I confess that I just did a quick calculation and can now report that “mangelwurzel” would earn a quite respectable 27 points in Scrabble, lol
(sorry, I saw the W and the Z and simply could not resist!)
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Let me know when you manage to use it!
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