Supermarket pumpkins sold as carving pumpkins

[crustychick]

I never knew that a swede was called a rutabagga elsewhere. What a wonderful word

Wikipedia makes mention of the British (and Irish, apparently) habit of using swedes or turnips.

http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Jack_o'lantern

When I was a child, the making of the lanterns was a huge part of the seasonal events, and took ages.

Just to complicate matters, the Scots refer to swedes as "neeps", short for turnip, whereas the rest of the UK refer to them as swede, and believe that turnips are the smaller, white, root vegetable, mostly used in stews.

Mashed swede is gorgeously yummy, and relatively common, including in pub sunday lunches, I find.

i love how we have this turnip/neep/swede discussion every year

 

[Guineveretoo]

i love how we have this turnip/neep/swede discussion every year

It's a tradition. Tradition is good

 

[chico enrico]

In Scotland it's Turnips - "TURNIP LANTERNS" FFS

don't think i'd ever seen a real Pumpkin lantern at halloween till moving down south.

PS: love that smell turnips make when theyb get a bit burnt from the candle inside. total 'back to childhood' vibe. mmm mmm mmmmmmmmmm

 

[Guineveretoo]

PS: love that smell turnips make when theyb get a bit burnt from the candle inside. total 'back to childhood' vibe. mmm mmm mmmmmmmmmm

Yes!