Make people say
"Well, it's certainly different" by serving them carrot cake that's been made with parsnips instead of carrots. (I suppose parsnip cake then really.)
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 16:48, 8 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

That actually sounds quite good
if it was sweet enough.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 9:48, Reply)

Parsnips are quite sweet.
I see parsnips as been below carrots on the periodic table of vegetables.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 12:11, Reply)

although I swore I would never use theadjective after I saw it used to describe Jeffrey Archer's wife...
I do think parsnips small quite 'fragrant'when peeled.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 17 Mar 2011, 18:15, Reply)

However
the French don't eat them and they are only grown as animal feed.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 18 Mar 2011, 0:47, Reply)

Actually
parsnips (panais) are currently very trendy in France. They can be bought individually wrapped in supermarkets. It's true that they used to be seen as animal feed but the perception is changing rapidly. All the celebrity chefs are using them. It's a nice opportunity for me to impress the frogs with such exotic things as roast parsnips, creamed parsnips, etc.
(Smale is stuffed, Fri 18 Mar 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Really??
What on earth do they eat with their roast beef?
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Sat 19 Mar 2011, 15:31, Reply)

Nothing
They have roast beef with a nice jus, then separately a plate of vegetables. This confused the hell out of me when I visited someone for dinner and they presented me with a plate of meat and nothing else. I was too polite to ask where the rest of the food was. And of course once we'd finished she brought out the next 6 courses, each more or less 1 item.
(Smale is stuffed, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 12:30, Reply)

Sounds good,
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/12983/catherine-berwicks-parsnip-and-maple-syrup-cake
( Bats, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 8:11, Reply)