Turnip Treat

This has been a very odd growing season in Vermont. My Gilfeather turnips--usually a fall vegetable are full size and whitely round at present. I pulled a couple--huge--peeled them and cut them in wedges about half an inch at the outer edge. I was roasting a small chicken just three and a half pounds for the two of us. That meant thirty-five minutes in a 500 degree oven. I put the chicken in the center of the roasting pan and surrounded it with turnip wedges that I slicked on all sides with olive oil. I turned the wedges over about half way through the cooking time. When I took the pan from the oven, the wedges were dark brown and some looked slightly charred; but they were delicious particularly with the chicken.