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
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― 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 (twelve years ago) link
great work! I use beets
― Elderflower Gimcrax Flores (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:05 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
where do you get these?
― Elderflower Gimcrax Flores (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
farmer's market
I braised some with a bunch of yellow and purple potatoes, and unfortunately they all kinda bled together :-/
(with some steak)http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/6013363482_8788c756d3.jpg
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
Mmmmm steak look good
I don't eat meat =(
― Elderflower Gimcrax Flores (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
i've come so far with beets in the last 5 years!
i don't eat very much meat, but i'll eat it
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
my love for beets has not waned in 6+ yearslast night i made a flatbread/pizza thing with
roasted beetsshredded chickenspinachgorgonzolapine nutsgarlic/oo
and it was delicious. just a bunch of stuff from the fridge, but it sat well together. i feel like at this point it's safe to say that beets and i are bffs 4 life
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Nothing special but tasty nevertheless
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8238782082_48c1814641.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
would def eat
― ゑ (clouds), Sunday, 2 December 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
but it has chicken on it!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
oh :(
― ゑ (clouds), Sunday, 2 December 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
sorry! i could easily not put chicken on it for your sake. it would taste just as good, it just wouldn't have chicken on it.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
I just roasted 4 medium-size beets, two red and two golden! I have long had a severe beet aversion related to a childhood of what my parents called "Harvard beets," which were beets out of a can (or maybe it was a jar?), and anathema to me, made worse by the fact that I always got yelled at for dropping some on myself and thus staining the clothing permanently :(
I am going to slice the roasted beets and toss them with some navel orange and a vinaigrette made with I dunno maybe shallots and sherry vinegar? And some roasted walnuts? Maybe I should pick up some goat cheese. Ohhh and I have tarragon in the garden!
― quincie, Sunday, 2 December 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
yes, good start! you might want to put that mixture on something green to cut its intensity -- any greens will do. not necessary, but this is my preference.
canned beets are gross and they are also the reason why i thought beets were gross until i tried them again at the beginning of this thread!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
I have some arugula, I will put the beets on that!
Canned beets are uuuugh I don't even want to think of them for fear of gagging :(
― quincie, Sunday, 2 December 2012 21:50 (eleven 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
kind of fascinating imo
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― 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