The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 2569

Renate · Today, 11:57 AM

Turnips get complicated.
I really prefer the yellow/purple ones.
The names go backwards in different places.

I really don't like Halloween gruesome stuff.
A cute ghost saying "Boo" and hoping that they haven't scared you is ok.
Human entrails are right out.

Quoth · Today, 02:03 PM

spinrut is pronounced swede

Beets are not all beetroot. Rape (plant) is from the Latin for turnip and Canada renamed the rape seed oil (produced since ancient times) to Canola. All brassicas.

I don't know if I've ever seen a manglewurzel, (a kind of beet). We used to feed our goats with some residue from beets (sugar was produced from sugar-beet). That's all gone now so as to not disadvantage sugar cane growers with an unfair subsidy. Napoleon offered a reward for improving the sugar extraction.

The goats only ate grass if nothing else (like next doors roses) was left.

BetterRed · Today, 05:40 PM

We (mum, dad, brother and me) sometimes used to take a punt up the Thames for summer holidays, other times we would pick hops in Kent.

Dad's B.I.L worked at Windsor for you know who. I have a memory of him cutting the leaves off turnips and putting them into a rafia basket strapped to his back. The turnips (sliced with a hand operated mechanical contraption) went to the pigs, the leaves went to the kitchens.

Animal Farm bought to life.

Added: we went to Guernsey once, I never thought to ask Mum and Dad where they got the money for that.

Today, 05:40 PM	#38523
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,925 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	We (mum, dad, brother and me) sometimes used to take a punt up the Thames for summer holidays, other times we would pick hops in Kent. Dad's B.I.L worked at Windsor for you know who. I have a memory of him cutting the leaves off turnips and putting them into a rafia basket strapped to his back. The turnips (sliced with a hand operated mechanical contraption) went to the pigs, the leaves went to the kitchens. Animal Farm bought to life. Added: we went to Guernsey once, I never thought to ask Mum and Dad where they got the money for that. Last edited by BetterRed; Today at 05:45 PM.

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Today, 11:57 AM	#38521
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 4,087 Karma: 18764969 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	Turnips get complicated. I really prefer the yellow/purple ones. The names go backwards in different places. I really don't like Halloween gruesome stuff. A cute ghost saying "Boo" and hoping that they haven't scared you is ok. Human entrails are right out.

Today, 02:03 PM	#38522
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,720 Karma: 109269703 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	spinrut is pronounced swede Beets are not all beetroot. Rape (plant) is from the Latin for turnip and Canada renamed the rape seed oil (produced since ancient times) to Canola. All brassicas. I don't know if I've ever seen a manglewurzel, (a kind of beet). We used to feed our goats with some residue from beets (sugar was produced from sugar-beet). That's all gone now so as to not disadvantage sugar cane growers with an unfair subsidy. Napoleon offered a reward for improving the sugar extraction. The goats only ate grass if nothing else (like next doors roses) was left.

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