Bitter turnips look like a pretty common problem. This author recommends peeling them and adding sugar. This thread says the bitterness gets worse with age and sponginess. Wikipedia and another article talk about how there's a genetic component to how intensely people taste the bitterness of turnips and other cyanoglucoside-filled greens like kale.
This is probably why potatoes caught on.
Update: I'd forgotten it, but I blogged about turnips back in '08, complete with a recipe for Pirate Stew.
I had also linked The Great Turnip Conversation, which is still pretty darn funny.
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