I'm discovering something interesting, reading these posts. It seems that a lot of 'Murricans are familiar only with the kind of beets that come in a tin can. No wonder they hate beets! Those raen't beets any more than Velveeta is cheese. Beets have to be purchased fresh, recently picked, preferably from a farmer's market or a roadside stand. You want them to keep, pickle 'em yourself. Beets rule!
You're a sick man, Merry.
May God have mercy on your soul.
I'm more worldly than that, Andrew: I also know of beets in a jar. And I've never eaten velveeta.
I wonder what beets in a jar would taste like with a liberal coating of velveeta cheese?
Probably like lizard **** scraped from a rock.
Beet greens apparently have a life too...
I've cooked collard greens, mustard greens, chard, kale, and so on, but haven't ever cooked beet greens.
May be working around to trying that.
Any of those would go good with pancetta, if I ever could get italian pancetta again. I think the good pancetta must have been outlawed with the euro rules...
Schniff.
QUIT DEFENDING BEETS, OSSO!!!!
Gus, I've yet to taste lizard **** scraped from a rock. What's it like?
Like beets from a can with a liberal coating of velveeta cheese.
Why are you yelling at me, Gussie?
I am not much of a beeteater, I'll admit, I just know the real ones are better than the canned discs. CJane may even be... cough, correct.
Of course you buy them fresh from the market, what else?
Just because gustav only eats fried beans from the can, doesn't mean
the entire population has to eat like that.
Go easy on me, Jane. Be gentle.
I knew he would break down eventually.
You German women turn me to putty.
Yeah, see!!!!
Well, for me, they've always been too sweet. But, like thanksgiving dishes in the US, and beans from boston, sweet is a cultural thing - though I gather beets are sweet to start, if pulled at the right time.
Eh, I'll explore a bit one of these days.
Not with pink herring, though. (I already like herring, just not pink).
Yeah, Osso. The only thing I eat sweet on a regular basis is crystallized ginger. I'm addicted to it. I hope I'm not eating too much sugar. Oh well, it's worth it, and ginger, like tumeric, is a good anti-inflammatory food.
gustavratzenhofer wrote:You German women turn me to putty.
Yeah, the road to self-determination isn't an easy one.
You sound so.... philosophical.
I always do after having eaten red beets and hering. You ought to try
it one day.
Beets beat spinach any day.
....especially when E-coli infested, right?
