Talk:Parsnip

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Contents 1 Article suggestions 2 Nutritional value 3 Rip-off? 4 Are Carrots That Old? 5 Erotic Parsnip photography 6 Hybridisations

[edit] Article suggestions

I have a suggestion. Is it possible for someone to photograph a Parsnip themselves , one actually growing in the ground and then one just being uprooted with all the attatchments etc ?

George Archer 11.04.08

[edit] Nutritional value

What does The parsnip has greater nutritional value than any vegetable except the potato mean? Calories? Surely peas & beans have more protein. Please make this more clear. --JBellis 20:53, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I have left this in after a revision, but feel that it needs at least a reference to the source of this info.Dave 19:09, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rip-off?

I was looking for informations about parsnip and I found this page: [1] . The two first paragraphs of the webpage are almost word-to-word copy of the wiki page... Is there a way to be sure there is no copyright infringement? Or maybe it's the other way around... --Lukeluke 00:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

That site has copied/pasted from the wikipedia article. I remember putting the bit about potatoes replacing parsnips in cooking in myself ([2]) This is OK. Dave 21:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Are Carrots That Old?

I thought carrots were created by American Scientists byt cross breeding two other different kind of roots vegetables. How can carrots be confused with parsnips when in Roman times they didn't even exist??24.83.178.11 06:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)BeeCier

Ok, I looked up the Wikipedia article on carrots. Anyone reading this please ignore what I typed above!!24.83.178.11 07:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)BeeCier

Carrots are actually from Mars, so the Romans must have known about them, as that was one of the first planets they conquered. --75.58.52.152 06:24, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Erotic Parsnip photography

I think the title says it all. Interesting choice of photo. Halogenated 16:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Do this kind of curiosity belongs to this article? Though I had a good chuckle -- if no one manifests against it -- I'll be removing the image in 7 days. SaintCahier (talk) 13:09, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I was tempted to remove it as soon as it was added on the basis of being non-encyclopedic, but being unsure, I decided to leave it. I realize that Wikipedia is not censored, but I don't think that's justification for putting obviously sexual material in articles that have nothing to do with sex. The picture is amusing in a sense, and it may belong somewhere in Wikipedia, but it doesn't belong here. – jaksmata 15:29, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Please, let's not get into a reversal-battle. People who think the image is relevant, please, be kind to expose their point of view here, otherwise it will seem like vandalism. SaintCahier (talk) 14:48, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I removed the image. Please do not reverse without further discussing the matter here, otherwise I'll report it as vandalism. Thank you. SaintCahier (talk) 01:00, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hybridisations

Has anyone come across any hybridisation of parsnips?