First, clear an appropriate working area on a clean kitchen counter. Select a good cutting board and a sharp paring knife. Chop the parsnips up into bite-sized pieces, humming a merry tune whilst you do so. Once the parsnips are all sliced up, boil them until they are tender. Drain them. Then take a good quality sterling silver butter knife and some room temperature butter, preferably from free range cows that have been raised by someone who loves animals and cares about their quality of life...that's vital, in my opinion. Where were we? Ah, the parsnips! And butter the parsnips liberally and briskly, humming a merry tune as before. Deliver them hot and succulent to the dinner table and serve them up with gusto.

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