In message , Emery Davis
writes
On 10/05/2010 03:23 PM, David Rance wrote:
Incidentally, David, for the first time a week ago I saw parsnips for
sale in a French supermarket

snip.

Certainly true they're a bit exotic still, which is a laugh: exotic
parsnips!


In Asda in Wakefield about 10 years ago (my wife's cousin worked there
as a Saturday job) they had Turnip classified as an exotic vegetable on
their till crib sheet.
--
Chris French