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In the 19th century, children gobbled chiles and mutton and turnips and jellied pig’s brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Yes, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer tucked in a bib and tucked into the haggis, accompanied by neeps and tatties, cute Scottish names for turnips and potatoes, mashed and buttered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

One field had already been too wet to drill and plant the normal winter crop after the autumn's heavy rainfall; the second had stubble turnips planted, which a neighbour's sheep grazed.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

We also had a garden that produced most of the seasonal vegetables, legumes, potatoes and turnips, wheat, corn and fruits.

From Salon • May 26, 2023

On the table was a basket, and in the basket were three turnips, each of them lavender on one end and white on the other.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau