Try, try again...

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Since this thread has evolved a little into "like and dislike," I feel as tho' I can get my oar in.

It isn't that I dislike fully-mature beets, they are fine. And pickled beets are okay for a taste but I don't eat much of anything pickled in any quantity. I like quite a few pickled veggies but nothing would ever get used up if I was relied on to eat it. I even like vinegar, in all of its various flavors -- just a splash, ma'am. That'll do it!

Baby beets, fresh out of the garden, are an absolute favorite, however. Just the prospect of having baby beets each year is delightful!

So . . . if you don't think you care much for beets, don't let that stop you from getting a packet of seed and trying the entire plant just as the roots reach marble-size or even smaller. Tossed about quickly in hot oil, they are wonderful !

And if it's that purple color that doesn't seem quite food-like to you -- Touchstone Golden beets have grown just as well as any other variety that I've grown. Maybe you will appreciate that color at the table. Finally, if a leafy veggie just has to be green, Perpetual Spinach is about as close a relative to a beet as you are going to find. You don't need to eat the root, which doesn't bulb up anyway, but the bright green leaves do real well at staying tender right thru the summer.

Okay, that's a something of a topic drift but the idea that some folks "just don't like beets" set me off a bit .

Steve

 

[hoodat]

Woke up your pet peeve did we?
I have to admit whole baby beets, tops and all, sounds as though it may work for me. My problem with beets has always been that they don't have very much taste. Even borscht depends more on the other ingredients than the beets for its taste.

 

[jojo54]

I have pickled beets for years for my husband. I prefer them as a vegetable - so do the boys - just boiled til tender, peel, and add butter, salt and pepper. I also love beet borscht! Fresh vegetables, dill and lots of sour cream!

 

[Collector]

BORSCHT, that is the reason I dont like beets. When we were young our stepmother made BORSCHT out of the garden every summer. I can tell you this she had no idea how to make it, she would make about 10 gallons at a time and thats all we would get to eat for a week or two {shudder} until it was gone. No kidding there were some major barf fests with 7 kids plus our dad [ he always had to work late during borscht season as it came to be known] lucky him. I havnt ate a beet or borscht in 28 years. Maybe I would try one pickled, maybe not! sorry I know this is straying from the OP.

 

[ninnymary]

No kidding there were some major barf fests with 7 kids plus our dad [ he always had to work late during borscht season as it came to be known] lucky him.

Mary

 

[lesa]

Isn't it awful, what our childhood memories do to our adult tastes? Don't ask me about "protein powder". That was my moms favorite! I just think comparing grocery store produce to anything that you grow yourself- isn't fair.
Fresh veggies out of the dirt and onto your plate in a couple minutes, just can't be beat!!