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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Both swedes and turnips are neeps if you are Scottish though.
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Not really. Neeps is used in some parts, but it isn't widely used except in combination with haggis (as in the traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties), turnip is the commonly used term in Scotland.
Its a bit confusing as although technically swede and turnip are two different variations, at least where I'm from we don't use the term swede at all, they are all just turnips, the smaller white ones are early turnips, the bigger yellow ones are just turnips. I'd say its probably only in the past ten years that in supermarkets in Scotland we've started to see them labelled as swedes, previously it was just turnip.
Not quite as bad as making up a completely ridiculous name like rutabaga.
