Results: Turn it up
Published on 11/28/2015
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The turnip is a root vegetable, high in vitamin C. If you are familiar with turnips, do you like them?
I love them
17%
269 votes
I like them
26%
398 votes
I have never had a turnip
20%
313 votes
Not for me, thanks
37%
576 votes
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One of my favorite restaurants serves pickled turnips as a garnish. Have you had pickled turnips?
Yes
11%
171 votes
Not sure
9%
146 votes
No
66%
1022 votes
N.A
14%
217 votes
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Here are some Turnip facts, check off which ones you know:
The turnip originated in Asia
6%
89 votes
Some think that turnips were a food staple of the poor
17%
266 votes
Supposedly Henry VIII liked his turnips roasted and the tender young leaves served in a salad.
4%
65 votes
Turnips were cultivated in Virginia as early as 1609
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81 votes
Turnips grow best in cool climates
12%
194 votes
There is 1 person in the U.S. listed on whitepages.com with the last name 'Turnip'
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42 votes
Turnips were the original pumpkins Pumpkins are native to the New World, so before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, celebrators of All Hallows' Eve had to carve their jack-o'-lanterns out of turnips.
15%
236 votes
N/A
62%
971 votes
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Which of these turnip quotes do you like?
“I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.” Billy Bob Thorton
8%
129 votes
“This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip” Richard Burton
7%
104 votes
“If a man who turnips cries, / Cry not when his father dies, / 'Tis a proof that he had rather/ Have a turnip than a father.” Samuel Johnson
6%
90 votes
“Do I look like a turnip that just fell off the turnip truck” Anonymous proverb
28%
435 votes
N/A
57%
881 votes
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There are a plethora of recipes for turnips, will you be using them over the holiday season?
Yes
12%
184 votes
No
54%
838 votes
Undecided
13%
205 votes
Not Applicable
21%
329 votes
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