Cut the parsnips into 2cm thick batons (peel optional).

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/seasonal-recipes-spring-mindful-chef-b2290320.html

If your pail doesn’t have a breast or a leg, four parsnips, six roasties and six pigs in blankets, you may get a refund.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/columnists/6307817/was-white-christmas-2023-iain-maciver-opinion/

It usually grows in wet, marshy places and is often confused for its non-poisonous lookalikes such as wild carrots or parsnips.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-households-urged-remove-deadly-27135713

She then had the traditional roast turkey for lunch, accompanied by sage and onion stuffing, thyme roast potatoes, roast carrots and parsnips, sprouts, pigs in blankets, and pan gravy.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2023/02/08/trying-out-the-uks-first-swim-up-bar---and-its-not-too-far-away-either/