The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
April 10th : TURNIP TOPS
This homely vegetable possesses some claim on our attention at this season of the year, and only requires care in its cooking to prove acceptable at table. Let them remain for a full hour before dressing in cold water; be sure to dress them in a capacious saucepan full of boiling water, into which three table-spoonfuls of salt has been thrown; give them twenty minutes on the fire, drain off the water through a colander; put the vegetables on a sieve, bottom upwards, and gently press them with a hot plate.