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Mashed Turnips with Bacon

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Ingredients

2 pounds turnips

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 pinch salt

1 pinch ground black pepper

1 dash garlic powder

1/2 pound bacon - cooked and crumbled

2 tablespoons rendered bacon fat

Directions

Peel and cube the turnips. Cook in a saucepan in salted water until very tender. Drain, then mash with the butter or margarine, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Set aside.
In a skillet fry the bacon until nice and crispy. Remove from the skillet and crumble. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease.
To the skillet with the 2 tablespoons of bacon grease add the mashed turnip and crumpled bacon. Stir and heat to the desired temperature before serving.