Turnips, turnips, turnips

I have to be honest here. I have never tried a turnip before Jake showed up with an armful of huge white turnips from the Vineyard. Barry and I put them on the kitchen counter and looked at them. We sniffed them, they smelled delicious - sort of like sweet carrots. Barry prepared them the first night by mashing them and cooking them in butter and garlic. They were very similar to mashed potatoes. Cameron and Olivia were not fooled on the other hand. They both rated the turnips a 2 out of 10. Brussel sprouts are a 2 on the kid's scale. Sigh. The next night we served them chopped up with other raw veggies and Cam ate those fine... I just don't get it...add butter (yum) and garlic (double yum) and the kids "turn up" their noses (sorry, that joke was just sitting there waiting to be said) but serve them raw and they get thumbs up.