8 Interesting Facts About Turnips

Turnip played a huge role in the diet of our ancestors. What do you know about Turnip? We will tell you 8 interesting facts about him, and if you have something to add, be sure to leave your comment under this post!

Facts About Turnips

1. Turnip is an ideal weight loss product. 100 grams of this root vegetable contains only 30 kilocalories, but it contains more than enough vitamins.
2. Cooking turnips did not require any special skill, it was enough to fill the pot and put it in the oven. After a certain time, the turnip softened, turning into an appetizing dish. Hence the expression - "easier than a steamed turnip". It began to mean a very simple occupation, for which the skill of the performer is not necessary.
3. Turnip was also known in other states. But in ancient Egypt and Greece, it was treated without due respect, considering it to be food for slaves. For example, the builders who built the Egyptian pyramids were fed with turnips.
4. Turnip contains a lot of calcium, therefore, it was an indispensable tool for strengthening the bones of peasant children. In addition, the turnip has diuretic and anti-inflammatory properties. A mixture of turnip juice with honey is very good for colds. And rinsing the mouth with turnip juice saved our ancestors from toothache. Doctors do not recommend eating turnips for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
5. Every year on the second Saturday of November, the Swiss city of Richterschwil is host to the Turnip Festival. This tradition started about a hundred years ago. the streets and houses of the city are decorated with thousands of lanterns made of a turnip. And the visitors of the event are offered a large selection of dishes. Naturally, from turnips. This is the largest turnip festival in the world. During the festival, it is harvested about 25 tons.
6. Turnip was one of the few agricultural crops that could be harvested twice a year, even in our climate. It was sown for the first time at the end of April, to be harvested at the beginning of July. This turnip had an excellent taste but was not suitable for long-term storage. For the winter they stocked up turnips, which were planted in July, and harvested in September.
7. "Into the ground with a flea, from the ground - with a cake." That was such a riddle about the turnip. The thing is that its seeds are so small that it is very difficult to sow them with your hands. Therefore, there was such a craft - "turnip spitter". The spitter had to accurately distribute the number of seeds in a certain area and spread them evenly. Despite the external simplicity, the occupation was not easy, and the work of the spitter was well paid.
8. The turnip of different varieties is yellow or white. Table varieties are flat or slightly rounded, while forage varieties are elongated. They are called turnips. It gives an excellent yield, up to 50 tons per hectare, and is used as feed for many types of domestic animals. Interesting fact: in 1984 the first album of the Soviet rock group "Rondo" was released. It's hard to say if the band members have ever been involved in agriculture, but they called this album "Turnips".