Potato Turnip Ham Chowder

This soup is a great way to use up ham.  It is also a way great way to eat turnips.  They taste exactly like potatoes, so picky eaters will never even know.  I adapted this recipe from the Nelson Family Food Fare Cookbook.

2 large turnips (you can use potatoes instead if you don't have turnips on hand)
2 large potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
2-1/3 cup water
2 cups diced ham
1 can corn
parsley

• Peel and dice potatoes and turnips.
• In large pot, melt butter.
• Add onion and cook until tender.
• Add potatoes, 2 cups water and seasonings.  Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender.
• Make paste of flour and 1/3 cup water.  Add it to potato mixture.
• Add milk and cook until slightly thickened; stirring constantly.
• Stir in undrained corn and ham.  Heat thoroughly.
• Before serving, sprinkle with parsley.