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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU! http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU! en Sun, 31 May 2026 22:29:13 +0000 fimm on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690&page=2#post-203076 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:09:45 +0000 fimm 203076@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ IWRATS that's very impressive! dougal on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690&page=2#post-203075 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:07:31 +0000 dougal 203075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ See the Today's rubbish cycling thread for a regular roundup of turnips on bikes. I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690&page=2#post-203072 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:59:48 +0000 I were right about that saddle 203072@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @dougal It's one of <a href="http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-flash-rear-silicone-led-light">these.</a> Flashes nicely. Very tempting to mount the neep on my bike in fact. dougal on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690&page=2#post-203070 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:51:48 +0000 dougal 203070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Oh that bike light works even better than I imagined. Does it have a strobe mode too? Or a gently pulsing? I bought a front light for my bike recently and abandoned the Lezyne models when I found they had eight operational modes. Little did I know most of them were for use in Halloween decorations. I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690&page=2#post-203055 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:24:11 +0000 I were right about that saddle 203055@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Incoming neep demon lit with rear light found on Craigmillar Hill..... <img src="http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/86/14/40158614.043107e4.240.jpg?r2"> <img src="http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/86/12/40158612.3dadd87f.240.jpg?r2"> acsimpson on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203054 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:04:56 +0000 acsimpson 203054@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @crowriver, colour might be easier to spell without the u too. Likewise Humour. crowriver on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203045 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:29:38 +0000 crowriver 203045@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Got the bairns to draw designs. I did the carving. Two slightly used birthday candles suffice for light sources. A smiley cat and an undead thingamabob. <a href="http://s101.photobucket.com/user/crowrivernet/media/pumpkins_zpsubidwzrf.jpg.html"><img src="http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m55/crowrivernet/th_pumpkins_zpsubidwzrf.jpg"></a> crowriver on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203033 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:59:14 +0000 crowriver 203033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I used to be so chauvinistic about always carving a real neep at Hallowe'en. In recent years, I've been converted to pumpkins: they are just so much easier to carve! Alas you canna make haggis and clapshot with the innards... :-( wingpig on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203031 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:52:49 +0000 wingpig 203031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ We don't have a lah-di-dah melon baller, but the lemon zester worked quite well on the soft Argyle turnip. Occurs to me that an excavated turnip would be a good decoy serving vessel for mango sorbet. <a href="https://flic.kr/p/A5eVaf"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/693/22364111380_8dd1612d21_n.jpg"></a> Cyclingmollie on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203022 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:00:16 +0000 Cyclingmollie 203022@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I prefer 'monadh' or 'cnoc'. Scots is so limited. I'll see your monadh and cnoc and raise you loan, fell and law. wingpig on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203020 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:29:21 +0000 wingpig 203020@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Weeny solid swedes in Sainsbury. Huge soft ones in the Marchmont veg shop. I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203018 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:20:30 +0000 I were right about that saddle 203018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Darkerside Used a teaspoon, so now have a pleasantly resonant hollowed shell and all my fingers. Now to incise the design with a razor-sharp Japanese kitchen knife.... Darkerside on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203014 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:47:54 +0000 Darkerside 203014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Just for reference: Apply pressure to stump and elevate. Place severed digit in cling film, then tea towel, then ice. Not directly in ice. Navigate oneself to the nearest A&E, remembering to take packed digit along too. For bonus points, make the most of the blood with a really authentic costume... I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-203005 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:52:23 +0000 I were right about that saddle 203005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Got a whole-ish swede of acceptable size at Sainsburys Cameron Toll. I've got an apple corer, a zester, a mandolin, a pasta machine and a kitchen blow-lamp when what I really need is an artistic mouse. They also had real pumpkins at £3 and plastic ones at £12. Kids these days. dougal on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202973 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:11:56 +0000 dougal 202973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ In the past I've used a spoon with some degree of success. I suppose a melon baller is a spoon with a sharp edge and a tight curve to really maximise effectiveness. wingpig on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202972 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:10:40 +0000 wingpig 202972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Co-op on Bruntsfield Place had whole swedes. I assume one of the vegetaria on Argyle Place might do them with their roots more intact. The spicy pumpkin soup offered by Coyaba was magnificent; it will one day be reverse-engineered from the memory of the taste. Might make some pumpkin and turnip soup this evening if I have enough cumin and turmeric left. AKen on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202968 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:51:28 +0000 AKen 202968@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Best tool for excavating the inside of a neep is a melon baller. (What do you mean you don't have a melon baller? Try looking in the cutlery drawer - it's the kind of thing that generates spontaneously into existence of its own accord. Like pen caps or odd socks.) dougal on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202962 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:28:27 +0000 dougal 202962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Bell pepper lanterns are quick to make and limit risk to fingers. I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202961 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:20:43 +0000 I were right about that saddle 202961@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "There's nothing as evocative of a 70s childhood than the smell of burning neep lantern lid!" Power cut anyone? I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202960 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:14:44 +0000 I were right about that saddle 202960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Min "Brae meaning hill." I prefer 'monadh' or 'cnoc'. Scots is so limited. unhurt on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202959 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:13:18 +0000 unhurt 202959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Burnt neep is THE smell of Halloween! I still like it better, even though as the oldest of four I spent a fair part of later childhood Halloweens charged with the task of hollowing out a series of the rock-hard things, at some risk to my fingers. Baking potatoes make cute mini-lanterns. Ironically middle class brother once made a celeriac lantern. threefromleith on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202958 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:11:57 +0000 threefromleith 202958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ There's nothing as evocative of a 70s childhood than the smell of burning neep lantern lid! Down with the rampant Americanisation & commercialisation of Halloween and bring back guising and guisers, neep lanterns and dookin' for nuts and apples! jdanielp on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202956 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:02:26 +0000 jdanielp 202956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I was at dinner at a colleague of my girlfriend's last night and she presented us with a roast squash stuffed with macaroni cheese as part of the main course, which proved to be delicious. I'm glad it wasn't a turnip... kaputnik on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202955 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:59:12 +0000 kaputnik 202955@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I've traditionally always gone for turnip, but the o/h said that it wasn't possible to buy a whole turnip at Meadowbank Sainsburys, only those half/quarter, shrink-wrapped portions. So we went with an edible pumpkin as a compromise so at least we can eat the innards. Min on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202954 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:55:33 +0000 Min 202954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Aye indeed. His name was Dev and he lived up the brae as opposed to myself who lived doon the brae. Brae meaning hill. I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202953 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:54:59 +0000 I were right about that saddle 202953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @cb I once met a lady who knew nothing about the years 1985 to 2012 but she'd just escaped from a rather sinister convent. cb on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202950 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:43:40 +0000 cb 202950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I thought everyone knew Dev. You know, from up The Brae. neddie on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202947 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:41:14 +0000 neddie 202947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Roasted pumpkin seeds are delicious though... I were right about that saddle on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202946 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:40:40 +0000 I were right about that saddle 202946@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Min "Dev from Up The Brae" Who from what? Not even Googly helps me here. Min on "In Soviet Russia, turnip cuts up YOU!" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15690#post-202945 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:26:27 +0000 Min 202945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ LED tealights Great idea. I still have a very fond memory of the time Dev from Up The Brae lifted the lid off my neep and blew, only to find a small torch instead of a candle. :-) Pumpkins are MUCH easier to carve. The downside is, they don't taste of anything.