Germany called 1916-1917 "The Turnip Winter" - ThreadSky

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kleinman.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Germany called 1916-1917 "The Turnip Winter"

Reposted from Caitlin G. DeAngelis

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

I'm generally bullish on vegetables, but I do not like turnips 😭

makes one yearn for parsnips.

In general you want no part of a food that a Top Chef contestant would hate to draw in a competition

Cue up the bugs-as-alternative-protein articles

There was a point during the Brexit meltdown that Ministers here were telling us to eat more turnips.

CSA’s have been trying to convince me they are awesome for some time.

But things famously got better for everyone in Germany after that, right? Right?

People scoff at studying history but we’ll see who’s laughing when I’m grinding up nuts to make ersatz coffee

the American Way™️to make ersatz coffee is with chickory, I believe

You can buy it in the grocery store!

Russia 1916-1917: “You guys have turnips?”

Shoutouts to @dancarlin.bsky.social

But will we have charnel houses?

blueprint for armageddon is the best damn series I've ever listened to. It gets a yearly revisit

Famously everything was fine in Germany after that

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