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Last time I shared food porn with you, it was a bit of spor-nography involving a very ‘wild’ mushroom. Most of you didn’t find it all that appetizing; at least some of you thought I’d ruined a certain activity for you forever… and one of you thought it looked vaguely familiar.

(Sometimes I worry about some of you.)

Alas though, many things conspired to get in the way of food porn being available for a wee while, but today, porn is once again the order of the day! 

I think I can hear a collective sigh of relief. I know it’s hard to go without one’s porn. I am truly sorry to have left you dangling…

Today, I’d like to talk about the parsnip.

Apparently the parsnip is the root of all evil according to this story over at the TheSun.co.uk.  Brian Davy, of Wellington, Shrops, found the parsnip you see on your left (which he thought resembled a gargoyle) in his garden, and his wife refused to allow it to see the cooking pot.

Now, while I didn’t really find it all that scary… or evil, it did get me thinking about how some folks will see evil wherever they want to see evil.

Take this parsnip for example. Upon first glance, would you label it evil?  It’s not all that different from Davy’s parsnip… yet here I am using it as the lighthearted butt (no pun intended) of my Friday Food Porn feature. Yes Virginia… it looks like it has a penis. Does that make it evil?

To answer this question, I ventured over to google, and asked my dear friend google, “Is the penis evil?”

According to my very learned friend google, apparently some people do think the penis is evil. There are feminists who think the penis is evil, there are people who think that it’s artistic to see nude female parts but that it’s wrong to see a nude male part (namely, you guessed it… the penis) and in fact… some people even think their penis might be a terrorist!  

I can’t tell you what an eye opener this was. Yes.. at least one of my eyes was opened today, because I happened to choose for my Food Porn post, this very penile parsnip. The other eye… well, it was wincing, because sometimes all I want to do is tell the people I learn about through my good friend google, to just chill the heck out.

I did however, decide that if my parsnip was going to have a  propensity to be pernicious, it should be more anatomically correct. I found the answer in this week’s recipe!

Parsnip Balls

Yield: 4 Servings

1 quart cooked parsnips
1 T. (or to taste) butter
cream
salt to taste
3 eggs, well-beaten
2 T. flour
additional butter for frying

Finely mash the parsnips. Season with the 2 T. butter, salt and a little good cream. Add the eggs and flour. Mix well and form into balls. Pan fry in plenty of butter.

[Recipe Source]

Dear Fraccers, from this day forth, should you choose to dine on parsnips, it would please me if you recalled this week’s porn.  And for those of you who may suddenly now have the urge to eat parsnips but don’t find a ball or two terribly appealiing, I give you…

84 Parsnip Recipes

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