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Serves up twirls from batter and vegetables (8)

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I believe the answer is:

parsnips

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'vegetables' is the definition.
(parsnip is a kind of vegetable)

'serves up twirls from' is the wordplay.
'serves up' is a reversal indicator.
'twirls' becomes 'spins' ('spin' can be a synonym of 'twirl').
'from' becomes 'rap' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'spins'+'rap'='spinsrap'
'spinsrap' back-to-front is 'PARSNIPS'.

'batter and' is the link.
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(Other definitions for parsnips that I've seen before include "Veg" , "not enhanced by fine words?" , "part of the traditional 27 [DINNER]" , "food" , "Things growing in garden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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