Neeps and Tatties — a terminology note

Linguistic

⚠ A WARNING ROW ABOUT A VEGETABLE. In Scotland a NEEP or tumshie is the large yellow-fleshed SWEDE (Brassica napus) — what England calls a swede or swedish turnip. In England a "turnip" is the smaller white Brassica rapa. In Cornwall a "turnip" in a pasty means swede. ⚠ SO "NEEPS AND TATTIES" IS SWEDE AND POTATO, and an English reader following the word "turnip" will make the wrong dish. The terminology is stored as it is used locally, not normalised.