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“I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips.”

Roots Vegetables Carrots Turnips Parsnips

Author:Julia Child

“I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.”

Young Food Skins Cooking Knives Vegetables Slim Stripping Parsnips

Author:Stevie Smith

“In entertainment value, the Democratic clambake usually lays it over the Republican conclave like ice cream over parsnips.”

Values Politics Republican Lays Democratic Entertainment Ice Cream Ice Cream Parsnips

Author:Red Smith

“Simple,' Tummeler replied.' Blueberries is one of the great forces o'good in the world.' How do you figure that?' said Charles. Well,' said Tummeler, 'have you ever seen a troll, or a Wendigo, or,' he shuddered, 'a Shadow-Born ever eating a blueberry pie?' No,' Charles admitted. There y'go,' said Tummeler. It's cause they can't stand the goodness in it.' Can't argue with you there,' said Charles. Foods is good and evil, just like people, or badgers, or even scowlers.' Evil food?' said Charles. Parsnips,' said Tummeler, 'Them's as evil as they come.”

People World Wells Said Evil Force Causes Born Simple Figures Goodness Eating Shadow Arguing Good And Evil Pie Troll Well Said Good In The World Blueberries Badgers Parsnips

Author:James A. Owen

“What is this?” he went on now, spearing an unfortunate object on a fork and raising it to eye level. “This… this… thing?” “A parsnip?” Jem suggested. “A parsnip planted in Satan’s own garden.” said Will. He glanced about. “I don’t suppose there’s a dog I could feed it to.” “There don’t seem to be any pets about,” Jem—who loved all animals, even the inglorious and ill-tempered Church—observed. “Probably all poisoned by parsnips,” said Will.”

Said Seems Eye Church Animal Levels Dog Objects Garden Ill Satan Pet Unfortunate Forks Jem Ill Tempered Parsnips

Book:The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce.”

Said Half Fine Idiot Sauce Fine Words Parsnips

Book:Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

Source: Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

“There is a southern proverb - fine words butter no parsnips.”

Fine Southern Fine Words Parsnips

Book:The Waverley Novels: The bride of Lammermoor. A legend of Montrose. Ivanhoe

Source: The Waverley Novels: The bride of Lammermoor. A legend of Montrose. Ivanhoe

“And that is ... how they are. So terribly physically all over one another. They pour themselves one over the other like so much melted butter over parsnips. They catch each other under the chin, with a tender caress of the hand, and they smile with sunny melting tenderness into each other's face.”

Hands Faces Tenderness Sunny Melting Chins Caress Parsnips

Book:Sea and Sardinia: Top Novelist Focus

Source: Sea and Sardinia: Top Novelist Focus