xpost - what does that do to the color of your teeth?
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― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 04:10 (eighteen years ago) link
I got some in my produce box yesterday. Rah rah rah.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― ringtones free, Monday, 3 July 2006 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, I revived this for Sarah, since she asked about beets on the Chicago thread.
― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Sunday, 8 October 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 9 October 2006 07:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, I know I'm not here often but -- beets! With onions, pecorino cheese, tossed with oil and red wine vinegar, etc.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/701746031_d0a668bdc6.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link
That's so pretty!
Did you use sweet onions or hotter ones? And were the beets roasted or pickled? (All these combos sound good to me, btw.)
― Jaq, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link
I roasted a giant beet last night. It smelled so lovely and full of vitamins!
Today I will eat it in a salad with greens and feta.
Beets!
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I need to try one of these things.
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
You do! It only took me...let's see...TWO YEARS to finally roast one. They are a vegetable marvel. They kind of remind me of edible geodes -- all rocky, craggy and scary on the outside; lovely and shiny and marvelous on the inside.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i got a vac-pac of pickled beets on sunday and have had 3 beet salads so far. i think tonight's is going to be with stilton.
― lauren, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I just ate 1/2 of the roasted beet in a salad:
spinach tabbouleh beets (cut into slices and then thin strips) feta lemon juice
They were crunchy! I'm pleased. Thanks, ILCooking.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I am roasting beets RIGHT NOW! So beautiful, so delicious.
― Jaq, Thursday, 17 January 2008 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
i have had beets 3 times this week! yay!
― tehresa, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I am about to roast some beets.
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I roasted beets (for the first time) (in foil) a few days ago! They were awes.
Sliced beets+goat cheese+walnut+vinaigrette.
― G00blar, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 09:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i just made a salad inspired/similar to this:http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/03/grated_carrots_and_beets.php#more
i love raw beets at least as much as cooked. juiced, with apples, carrots, celery, and ginger is a magical elixir
― outdoor_miner, Thursday, 20 March 2008 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Does anyone know if shredded beets do ok when frozen? If so, about how long do they do ok this way?
I have been eating a lot of beets this summer and want to do so once the bounty ends, which is pretty soon I reckon.
― Euler, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Everything I'm finding online recommends blanching them before freezing (they keep longer that way, 10-12 months @ 0 deg F). So you could shred, blanch for 3-5 minutes in boiling water, drain, pack into containers and freeze.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Ok, that's not too hard to do. Thanks!
― Euler, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm pretty sure I never posted my pictures of the BEET RISOTTO I made:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/BeetRisotto1.jpg
― G00blar, Thursday, 10 July 2008 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Red!
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/BeetRisotto2.jpg
― G00blar, Thursday, 10 July 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
wow! amazing. i'm getting a beet salad riiight now
― Surmounter, Thursday, 10 July 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
it was great, but i bet not as good as your risotto =)
― Surmounter, Thursday, 10 July 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Bumpin my beets thread to say that I bought some GORGEOUS golden beets. They look like a beautiful rainbow and I can't wait to eat them.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 8 April 2011 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Mmm... I need to make another beet risotto. I made one several months ago with orange and dill, and it was really lovely. Plus, it looks like a grisly crime scene in a bowl.
― lindseykai, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i add beets to my vegetable burrito mix. makes everything hot pink and they go perfect w/ jalapeños
― Secrets will not Block Justice (harbl), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
So far I have eaten them in salads: one w/ pea shoots, avocado, onion, orange muscat/walnut oil/sriracha dressing over romaine Other was to add more substance to leftover green papaya salad leftover from last night (added fennel too!)
Both were really good, but I kind of keep expecting them to taste like a mango but then they don't.
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Leftover leftover
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
that sounds insane
or at least beets + sriracha is blowing my mind.
― arby's, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
It was a tasty and surprisingly subtle combo! Sweet, tangy, spicy.
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
tbf i think sriracha has been good on everything i've ever put it on
― arby's, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
#1http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5226/5607859805_58c80ee38e.jpg#2http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5614312481_73f39a6e51.jpg
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
For the longest time I thought I hated beets because I didn't realize I had only eaten them pickled (my mother was one of those Year Without a Summer gardeners who would grow bushels of things but then immediately preserve or freeze them). I don't know what made me buy them and cook them - they were probably on sale, because this was in grad school - but it was a total revelation to have them boiled, with fried catfish and "tartar sauce" (just pickled garlic with mayo/sour cream).
― Bill, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I made a salad tonight with three different kinds of beets, so I have dubbed it the SEVERE BEETING salad.
Not the best pic, but you can see the beets:
* golden* candy striped* regular
I also added orange bell peppers and it was a psychedelic rainbow salad of my dreams.
beetz
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6033548245_74e80e618c.jpg
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
great work! I use beets
― Elderflower Gimcrax Flores (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
never seen the candy stripe ones
they're considerably less sweet than the standard beetsand SO beautiful
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
where do you get these?
― Elderflower Gimcrax Flores (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
here's a tip -- toast the walnuts in a pan with some butter, brown sugar, salt, and cayenne pepper -- just enough to make a little crust. it will taste v good with the sweetness of the beets.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
Oh that sounds great and I have all of those things at hand!
― quincie, Sunday, 2 December 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
They're really good -- if you don't want to use them all, you can save them for future salads or toss them into some brownies (sounds weird, tastes great.)
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
i got some huge beets today. i have had beet brownies and can confirm they are great.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Sunday, 2 December 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
bought a bunch of beets from the market, will be roasting them imo
do u guys eat them hot? all the talk itt seems to be salad-related?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
I love them just out of the oven - I always make extras so we have plenty for salads later, but they are so good warm.
― Jaq, Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
i like them both waysany old way except for out of a can basically
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 December 2012 19:25 (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
roasting is great but most of the time i just grate them & do something with that - fold it into rice or risotto or something. they work better as a taste (& colour!) than as a skewerable constituent part of a meal, for me.
― spottieottiespanakopita (schlump), Monday, 3 December 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
i'm going to try them roasted with a horseradish/greek yogurt sauce, on spinach (with grilled chicken)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 December 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
whoa damn that was delicious!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 December 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
dehydrating them currently. not sure how I feel about this.
― how's life, Thursday, 14 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like a lot of work. They keep pretty well in root cellar type storage.
― Jaq, Thursday, 14 November 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
Checked the dehydrator this morning and they felt almost done. We're experimenting with making our own soup mixes.
― how's life, Thursday, 14 November 2013 11:40 (ten years ago) link
Hope it works well - did you cut them into cubes?
― Jaq, Thursday, 14 November 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
recent beet revelation: they are awesome in sandwiches! was skeptical when i first noticed this on a menu i was perusing, but then i put some cooked beets, sliced thinly, on a sandwich with stuff - avo, greens, goat gouda, mayo/mustard - and all these things are friends so the combination is really **cking sublime. raw grated beets exude a fair bit of moisture so (on a sando.) the juices end up making it a little soggy, if you're not gonna eat it right away ime.
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 13 January 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
Civilised countries sell sliced beetroot in tins specifically so that they can go in sandwiches (and burgers)
― sans lep (sic), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
civilised = tinned beets. uh, duly noted
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
I’m attesting to their excellence in sandwiches, not scolding you for cooking them!
― sans lep (sic), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
(The American mode of selling whole cooked beets in plastic shrinky-dinks is properly mental, though)
― sans lep (sic), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
I would eat cooked beets + goat cheese + greens on anything. It's too bad that the cheapest beets are basically splatoon grenades, though.
― why date Ryan Adams in the first place? (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
lol, sry sic! xxpost
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
haha i started this thread!!glad people are coming around to the excellence of beets
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
just looked upthread and wondering what was this Ethiopian beet salad all about? did it have potatoes? a quick google gives recipes that all have potato, which reminds me of a potato salad my evil step mum made that she called "Russian Potato Salad" that was a potato salad that had cubes of cooked beet in it. another killer application
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
this opened to the middle of the thread with one of la lechera's beet salad pictures from 7 years ago and i was thinking, "it's 2019, she should get a phone with a better camera" lol
― forensic plumber (harbl), Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
i'm going to pickle beets next year
well, this year, but when the beets start growing again
lately i have been making the ethiopian beet salad very simply -- matchstick sliced raw beets (regular, golden, or mix of both) + raw green beans cut into 1" pieces + either queso fresco/farmer's cheese/a fancy feta (sheep milk for example) with some quality olive oil and salt/pepper. the rest of the dishes i usually make to eat with it are so heavily spiced that it's a nice counterpoint imo.
you could put potatoes into it if you want! small ones (cooked, obvs, probably boiled/cooled?)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
i should definitely get a phone with a better camera in 2019 though that's for sure. my phone is probably 6 years old! i also got locked out of my flickr account for ?? a long time
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
mine's old too, your pictures after that one looked fine! it just took me back to simpler times
― forensic plumber (harbl), Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
i love raw grated beets in a veggie wrap -- press them between paper towel first though or the juice gets everywhere
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 January 2019 02:23 (five years ago) link
Civilised countries sell sliced beetroot in tins specifically so that they can go in sandwiches (and burgers)― sans lep (sic), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:23
― sans lep (sic), Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:23
Underrated giveaway you're Australian in the brackets there.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 10:09 (five years ago) link
― sans lep (sic), Sunday, January 13, 2019 7:36 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Have never seen this in the USA but it's standard in French supermarkets, and fabulous. Would you rather have to boil them first to prepare them? Obviously we can buy raw beets as well.
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 10:45 (five years ago) link
raw grated beets + grated apples + grated cabbage = THE BEST COLESLAW.
with a bonus of red fingertips for the next 24+ hours.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 11:08 (five years ago) link
oh, will try that tout de suite!
i prefer fresh cooked they taste much better, imho, and i take exception to extra plastic packaging. but cooked, store-bought beets are a pretty good product and a nice convenience in a pinch. xpost
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
Euler: tins, the alternate container I cited, hold the juice safely inside for as much of the contents as you don’t use at first. Flappy plastic with scissor-cuts in will spill it throughout the fridge, if it didn’t get all over the counter already.
― sans lep (sic), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
oh I see, it's a problem with plastic over metal, ok, I can see that. we just use the whole thing every time but we're a family of five.
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
beets rule
― map, Saturday, 9 January 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
kind of fascinating imo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah-Idaho_Sugar_Company
― map, Saturday, 9 January 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
prefer juan wauters solo tbh
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Sunday, 10 January 2021 01:20 (three years ago) link