What is it with parsnips anyway?

[yellowcanine]

What do they have that carrots don't have? Why not just go with carrots?

[Populist_Prole]

1. Stronger flavor IMO

[Wait Wut]

2. I've never eaten a parsnip.

At least, not on purpose. They look like alien veggies. Like white asparagus.

[BillStein]

3. They look like the carrots

after Bunnicula finished with them!

[HopeHoops]

4. Parsnips are far sweeter. I love them.

[surrealAmerican]

5. Despite looking similar ...

... they taste nothing like carrots. I like both, but use them for different things.

[cbayer]

6. Like others, I find a distinctly different flavor and texture to parsnips.

I like to roast them both together.

Yum.

[grasswire]

7. parsnips have a sort of celery-root taste, I think

I like them a lot. Roasted with other root vegetables, they are sooo good.

I just learned today that the sweet potato is the most nutritious vegetable of ALL.

[maria2]

8. ....

urrg...

[pinboy3niner]

9. Who couldn't love the veggie that gave us 'parsnickety' and 'parsimonious'?

[Generic Brad]

10. Mashed parsnips

Mmmmm.