What's a turnip? [Archive] - Wizards Community

What's a turnip? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Suin Bahhar
04-30-07, 08:22 AM Can someone explain me what a turnip is? And why do gnomes have an obsession with them?
BadCatMan
04-30-07, 08:31 AM What? It's a type of vegetable, and not a particularly impressive one.

As for the gnomes I couldn't say. Probably just another one of the many bizarre fetishes attached to gnomes over the years.
Suin Bahhar
04-30-07, 08:49 AM They're edible? Mmmm

:D
Another Gnome
04-30-07, 09:23 AM A quick look at turnip terminology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_%28disambiguation%29)

As for why gnomes have an obsession with turnips, it can safely be counted among the number of other customs gnomes (rock gnomes in particular) have in common with Northern Europeans, most notably Fenno-Scandians, the latter of whom have traditionally maintained good relationships with the gnome folk for centuries.
Ramenth
04-30-07, 01:35 PM Why don't be silly. Every one knows why gnomes have such a fascination with Turnips. I was telling my Granduncle about it just the other day. Now, you see, my grand uncle is a rather strange character. For one thing, he's not actually related to me; He just claims to be. We think this all started when he was out adventuring and took afew too many hits to the head from an ogre. Not just any ogre mind you; This ogre was leading his party. I guess he and Unncy just didn't really seem to get along.

So anyway; You see, My granduncle and his party were walking along, somewhere near Amn if memory serves. And anyway, they were on a quest to find a way to stop the Bandits that had been raiding the area. silly quest, im my oppinion, since the bandits weren't actually much of a threat. Rather cowardly, to be honest, and more busy fighting gnolls than robbing merchants. But, I suppose a gold piece is a gold piece, and so my uncle was there.

But now, you see, bandits are a rather interesting subject. did I ever tell you the story of my old friend Argitchra? Now I don't mean to brag, but he was a bandit of no little repute near Waterdeep. Quiet a fine man, that Arghitchra, even though he counldn't stand turnips. I never did understand that. But oh well.
ericlboyd
04-30-07, 01:46 PM A turnip is a shrunken mauve-hued illithid head, with all but one tentacle severed and the head turned upside down.

They're very useful as spell components.

--Eric
MarkusTay63
04-30-07, 01:57 PM A turnip is a shrunken mauve-hued illithid head, with all but one tentacle severed and the head turned upside down.

They're very useful as spell components.

--EricThose kind also make excellent decorations hanging from the rear-veiw mirror of your coach. :P

In the game Animal Crossing, the entire economy is based around Turnips. In my day, I was the greatest Turnip-Trader in all the land....
BreegJac17
04-30-07, 09:42 PM I find them and throw them at anthropomorphic turtles and mushrooms :)
Lord Karsus
05-01-07, 07:19 PM I find them and throw them at anthropomorphic turtles and mushrooms :)

:)
Bonzai
05-03-07, 05:00 PM Because Fraggles took all the radishes?
Khaelieth
05-03-07, 07:20 PM haggis, neeps and tatties!
The Ubbergeek
05-03-07, 08:29 PM Darn dose anglistaneers! arrr!
The WarOverlord
05-05-07, 02:58 AM They're edible? Mmmm

:D

Yep, raw they are crisp and taste like cucumber or watermelon rind, but with more of a twang and a little sting.

The asian markets sell pickled Tunips called "Dai kong" that are usually yellowish in color, and if the Halflings love turnips so much then likely Picled Turnips is likely the most popular way to carry them long term. it is slightly sweet and slightly sour and if you ever had Sweet Sour ribs pickeled turnips may be among the "weird veggies in there"

Used in stews they can be mistaken for potatoes at first but the twang give them away. After cooking for a while they turn partially transusent and donate their "Twang" to the stew broth....It's my Grampa's secret ingredient in his beef stew (turnip is removed before serving...lol)
Mecha_Pope
05-05-07, 03:14 AM [QUOTE=Ramenth;12257623]Gnome story...... removed for convenience..[QUOTE]

Why, that reminds me of my cousin Tilly Fleetknees, and the garden she had at the foot of a dryad tree in the Forest of Wyrms. She moved up there expecting well aerated soil, and did she get a supprise! Oh yes indeed! Why, I remember it as if it was burned into my memory with a flaming stick, which is very close to the truth actually....

The gnomes and turnips deal was more or less set up thanks to Jan Janson, the gnomish Illusionist from Baulder's Gate II who couldn't go ten seconds without starting some innane story, and then wouldn't get a chance to finish it thanks to the fact that he remembered another story. He was an inventer, mage, thief, and turnip salesmen, and talked quite abit about his crazy reletives. If you can find it online, you should read the endgame summery of his fate...... you can find it on Gamebanshee come to think of it.....
wtf_thats_my_head
05-05-07, 07:57 AM gnomes are welll you get know
Eled_the_Worm_Tamer
05-08-07, 06:52 PM Personaly I hate the Gnome = Turnup lover thing. Its the D&D equivelent of the Fish Malk. Much preffer Eberron's treatment of Gnomes, though having said that the gunslining Gnomes of Lantan have a certain charm.
The Ubbergeek
05-08-07, 07:50 PM I don't know... I like that the gnomes are less retensive and more good-willed and humorlike than the dwarves. Make them more grim and dark and it's sad.

And note, teddymalks are just peoples who didn't get the malks, like the guys who play the kenders as simply ADD thieving brats.
Another Gnome
05-09-07, 09:39 AM Keep in mind that most of the time you find a gnome annoying, they're doing it on purpose. :devil:
Lord_Steve
05-10-07, 12:42 PM Gnomes are sweet lil critters.....one of my favorite PC races.....Along side with halflings.......Rock Gnomes in particular...though I really cant seem to get any info on them through the net...what I'd do to be able to study Rock Gnome history, architechture and way of life....but now I'm just rambling....:D
Straploknight
05-10-07, 10:28 PM Yep, raw they are crisp and taste like cucumber or watermelon rind, but with more of a twang and a little sting.

The asian markets sell pickled Tunips called "Dai kong" that are usually yellowish in color, and if the Halflings love turnips so much then likely Picled Turnips is likely the most popular way to carry them long term. it is slightly sweet and slightly sour and if you ever had Sweet Sour ribs pickeled turnips may be among the "weird veggies in there"

Used in stews they can be mistaken for potatoes at first but the twang give them away. After cooking for a while they turn partially transusent and donate their "Twang" to the stew broth....It's my Grampa's secret ingredient in his beef stew (turnip is removed before serving...lol)

Not to bad fried with a little bacon also, kinda like fried potatos with a zing
Lord_Steve
05-10-07, 10:31 PM Not to bad fried with a little bacon also, kinda like fried potatos with a zing

*shudders at the very thought of pickled turnips with bacon*
Straploknight
05-10-07, 10:37 PM was talking fresh of ocurse, although I did have dish one time consisting of pickles and porkchops as the main ingredients, not bad food mind you.

Ever try battered pickles? Sliced thin and cooked correctly they are really good.
Xavier_of_Cormyr
05-11-07, 09:38 AM y'know, in Irish folklore, the original "jack o lantern" was made from a turnip, not a pumpkin. :pumpkin:
GothicDan
05-11-07, 10:36 AM All of these delicious turnip recipes have me wanting to try them, now.
The Ubbergeek
05-11-07, 12:48 PM I can't stand turnip - it's one of those vegetables that could have been forgotten. x-x

My gnomes prefers potatoes in the north, and sweet potatoes in the south. Like a certain song of Mononc' Serge and Anonymus. X3
Straploknight
05-11-07, 12:55 PM Food is what you make of it, who would have thought that tahini (sesame seed paste) garlic, lemon, a little salt and some garbanzos thrown into a blender and pureed would be so darn good.

Or yogurt with some garlic, cumin, seasme oil and ground red pepper splashed on some chicken would be down right tasty.

Or for that matter, yogurt with a tablespoon of salt placed into some cheese cloth and left to sit draining over the sink for a night then chilled and served with some olive oil on it as spread on pita with some cucumbers and tomatos piled on and seasoned with fresh pepper and oregano

okay I'm hungry now
Lord_Steve
05-11-07, 08:17 PM Bah! You can have all the turnips you like, hook me up with Thai food anyday!
Khaelieth
05-11-07, 09:56 PM Bah, haggis, neeps and tattis ftw.
BrennonGoldeye
05-11-07, 10:26 PM Turnips have a much larger genome than humans. Just saying.
The WarOverlord
05-12-07, 02:54 PM Gnomes are sweet lil critters.....one of my favorite PC races.....Along side with halflings.......Rock Gnomes in particular...though I really cant seem to get any info on them through the net...what I'd do to be able to study Rock Gnome history, architechture and way of life....but now I'm just rambling....:D

Rock Gnomes are simply what the Standard Gnomes are called on Toril (In Forgotten Realms) and there in no added Torilian cultural specificness I can think of off hand other than, like most of the other races, they were "imported" by the Asabi during their Heyday via interrealm/interdimensional gates (Asabi seem to be the original indigenous creatures of Toril whose great culture fell under the Slave Races uprising with the help of their interloper godlings)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Suin Bahhar 04-30-07, 08:22 AM	Can someone explain me what a turnip is? And why do gnomes have an obsession with them?
BadCatMan 04-30-07, 08:31 AM	What? It's a type of vegetable, and not a particularly impressive one. As for the gnomes I couldn't say. Probably just another one of the many bizarre fetishes attached to gnomes over the years.
Suin Bahhar 04-30-07, 08:49 AM	They're edible? Mmmm :D
Another Gnome 04-30-07, 09:23 AM	A quick look at turnip terminology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_%28disambiguation%29) As for why gnomes have an obsession with turnips, it can safely be counted among the number of other customs gnomes (rock gnomes in particular) have in common with Northern Europeans, most notably Fenno-Scandians, the latter of whom have traditionally maintained good relationships with the gnome folk for centuries.
Ramenth 04-30-07, 01:35 PM	Why don't be silly. Every one knows why gnomes have such a fascination with Turnips. I was telling my Granduncle about it just the other day. Now, you see, my grand uncle is a rather strange character. For one thing, he's not actually related to me; He just claims to be. We think this all started when he was out adventuring and took afew too many hits to the head from an ogre. Not just any ogre mind you; This ogre was leading his party. I guess he and Unncy just didn't really seem to get along. So anyway; You see, My granduncle and his party were walking along, somewhere near Amn if memory serves. And anyway, they were on a quest to find a way to stop the Bandits that had been raiding the area. silly quest, im my oppinion, since the bandits weren't actually much of a threat. Rather cowardly, to be honest, and more busy fighting gnolls than robbing merchants. But, I suppose a gold piece is a gold piece, and so my uncle was there. But now, you see, bandits are a rather interesting subject. did I ever tell you the story of my old friend Argitchra? Now I don't mean to brag, but he was a bandit of no little repute near Waterdeep. Quiet a fine man, that Arghitchra, even though he counldn't stand turnips. I never did understand that. But oh well.
ericlboyd 04-30-07, 01:46 PM	A turnip is a shrunken mauve-hued illithid head, with all but one tentacle severed and the head turned upside down. They're very useful as spell components. --Eric
MarkusTay63 04-30-07, 01:57 PM	A turnip is a shrunken mauve-hued illithid head, with all but one tentacle severed and the head turned upside down. They're very useful as spell components. --EricThose kind also make excellent decorations hanging from the rear-veiw mirror of your coach. :P In the game Animal Crossing, the entire economy is based around Turnips. In my day, I was the greatest Turnip-Trader in all the land....
BreegJac17 04-30-07, 09:42 PM	I find them and throw them at anthropomorphic turtles and mushrooms :)
Lord Karsus 05-01-07, 07:19 PM	I find them and throw them at anthropomorphic turtles and mushrooms :) :)
Bonzai 05-03-07, 05:00 PM	Because Fraggles took all the radishes?
Khaelieth 05-03-07, 07:20 PM	haggis, neeps and tatties!
The Ubbergeek 05-03-07, 08:29 PM	Darn dose anglistaneers! arrr!
The WarOverlord 05-05-07, 02:58 AM	They're edible? Mmmm :D Yep, raw they are crisp and taste like cucumber or watermelon rind, but with more of a twang and a little sting. The asian markets sell pickled Tunips called "Dai kong" that are usually yellowish in color, and if the Halflings love turnips so much then likely Picled Turnips is likely the most popular way to carry them long term. it is slightly sweet and slightly sour and if you ever had Sweet Sour ribs pickeled turnips may be among the "weird veggies in there" Used in stews they can be mistaken for potatoes at first but the twang give them away. After cooking for a while they turn partially transusent and donate their "Twang" to the stew broth....It's my Grampa's secret ingredient in his beef stew (turnip is removed before serving...lol)
Mecha_Pope 05-05-07, 03:14 AM	[QUOTE=Ramenth;12257623]Gnome story...... removed for convenience..[QUOTE] Why, that reminds me of my cousin Tilly Fleetknees, and the garden she had at the foot of a dryad tree in the Forest of Wyrms. She moved up there expecting well aerated soil, and did she get a supprise! Oh yes indeed! Why, I remember it as if it was burned into my memory with a flaming stick, which is very close to the truth actually.... The gnomes and turnips deal was more or less set up thanks to Jan Janson, the gnomish Illusionist from Baulder's Gate II who couldn't go ten seconds without starting some innane story, and then wouldn't get a chance to finish it thanks to the fact that he remembered another story. He was an inventer, mage, thief, and turnip salesmen, and talked quite abit about his crazy reletives. If you can find it online, you should read the endgame summery of his fate...... you can find it on Gamebanshee come to think of it.....
wtf_thats_my_head 05-05-07, 07:57 AM	gnomes are welll you get know
Eled_the_Worm_Tamer 05-08-07, 06:52 PM	Personaly I hate the Gnome = Turnup lover thing. Its the D&D equivelent of the Fish Malk. Much preffer Eberron's treatment of Gnomes, though having said that the gunslining Gnomes of Lantan have a certain charm.
The Ubbergeek 05-08-07, 07:50 PM	I don't know... I like that the gnomes are less retensive and more good-willed and humorlike than the dwarves. Make them more grim and dark and it's sad. And note, teddymalks are just peoples who didn't get the malks, like the guys who play the kenders as simply ADD thieving brats.
Another Gnome 05-09-07, 09:39 AM	Keep in mind that most of the time you find a gnome annoying, they're doing it on purpose. :devil:
Lord_Steve 05-10-07, 12:42 PM	Gnomes are sweet lil critters.....one of my favorite PC races.....Along side with halflings.......Rock Gnomes in particular...though I really cant seem to get any info on them through the net...what I'd do to be able to study Rock Gnome history, architechture and way of life....but now I'm just rambling....:D
Straploknight 05-10-07, 10:28 PM	Yep, raw they are crisp and taste like cucumber or watermelon rind, but with more of a twang and a little sting. The asian markets sell pickled Tunips called "Dai kong" that are usually yellowish in color, and if the Halflings love turnips so much then likely Picled Turnips is likely the most popular way to carry them long term. it is slightly sweet and slightly sour and if you ever had Sweet Sour ribs pickeled turnips may be among the "weird veggies in there" Used in stews they can be mistaken for potatoes at first but the twang give them away. After cooking for a while they turn partially transusent and donate their "Twang" to the stew broth....It's my Grampa's secret ingredient in his beef stew (turnip is removed before serving...lol) Not to bad fried with a little bacon also, kinda like fried potatos with a zing
Lord_Steve 05-10-07, 10:31 PM	Not to bad fried with a little bacon also, kinda like fried potatos with a zing shudders at the very thought of pickled turnips with bacon
Straploknight 05-10-07, 10:37 PM	was talking fresh of ocurse, although I did have dish one time consisting of pickles and porkchops as the main ingredients, not bad food mind you. Ever try battered pickles? Sliced thin and cooked correctly they are really good.
Xavier_of_Cormyr 05-11-07, 09:38 AM	y'know, in Irish folklore, the original "jack o lantern" was made from a turnip, not a pumpkin. :pumpkin:
GothicDan 05-11-07, 10:36 AM	All of these delicious turnip recipes have me wanting to try them, now.
The Ubbergeek 05-11-07, 12:48 PM	I can't stand turnip - it's one of those vegetables that could have been forgotten. x-x My gnomes prefers potatoes in the north, and sweet potatoes in the south. Like a certain song of Mononc' Serge and Anonymus. X3
Straploknight 05-11-07, 12:55 PM	Food is what you make of it, who would have thought that tahini (sesame seed paste) garlic, lemon, a little salt and some garbanzos thrown into a blender and pureed would be so darn good. Or yogurt with some garlic, cumin, seasme oil and ground red pepper splashed on some chicken would be down right tasty. Or for that matter, yogurt with a tablespoon of salt placed into some cheese cloth and left to sit draining over the sink for a night then chilled and served with some olive oil on it as spread on pita with some cucumbers and tomatos piled on and seasoned with fresh pepper and oregano okay I'm hungry now
Lord_Steve 05-11-07, 08:17 PM	Bah! You can have all the turnips you like, hook me up with Thai food anyday!
Khaelieth 05-11-07, 09:56 PM	Bah, haggis, neeps and tattis ftw.
BrennonGoldeye 05-11-07, 10:26 PM	Turnips have a much larger genome than humans. Just saying.
The WarOverlord 05-12-07, 02:54 PM	Gnomes are sweet lil critters.....one of my favorite PC races.....Along side with halflings.......Rock Gnomes in particular...though I really cant seem to get any info on them through the net...what I'd do to be able to study Rock Gnome history, architechture and way of life....but now I'm just rambling....:D Rock Gnomes are simply what the Standard Gnomes are called on Toril (In Forgotten Realms) and there in no added Torilian cultural specificness I can think of off hand other than, like most of the other races, they were "imported" by the Asabi during their Heyday via interrealm/interdimensional gates (Asabi seem to be the original indigenous creatures of Toril whose great culture fell under the Slave Races uprising with the help of their interloper godlings)