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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:03 PM
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Poll question: Beets: Yummy sweet goodness or Satan's flesh & blood?
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:04 PM
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1. Other
I'm just ok with beets. I can take them or leave them. But I used to really like pickled beets when I was a kid.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:05 PM
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2. I LOVE beets....any way you make em and I love the greens too!
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:08 PM
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5. I Wish You Could Buy the Greens Separately
They are the absolute best. To enough for a decent bowl, though, you have to buy something like ten pounds of beets.

Beets make a great cold salad with cooked carrots and Moroccan seasonings (olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, cayenne, etc)
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:09 PM
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7. Lots of stores do sell the greens separate
you just have to look real hard for them
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:24 PM
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18. I Wish I Knew Where
Any suggestions? Organic food stores, maybe? I even go to Asian supermarkets, some of which have 30 kinds of leafy vegetables, and have never seen them.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 05:16 PM
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21. Try a farmer's market n/t
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 01:10 PM
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22. Ah, Hadn't Thought of That
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:07 PM
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3. Beets are the nastiest thing I have ever put in my mouth.
Or at least pretty damn close to it!
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:07 PM
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4. I Selected YUMMY
Borscht rocks too.
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:08 PM
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6. Pickled or heavily sweetened
I miss my grandma :cry: She used to fix us kids beets all the time.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:10 PM
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8. Beets me
:shrug:
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:11 PM
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11. that's it. you are DONE
if you take ONE MORE sip of Dayquill i'm sending Skittles down to KICK YOUR ASS x(
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:16 PM
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16. I like mine on "the rocks"
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DebbieCDC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:11 PM
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9. Beets
I am going to puke -- beets, ugh :puke:
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Jessica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:11 PM
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10. I hate when there are beets on my salad ...
Yucky beet juice spreads all over everything! It's ruined! :cry:
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:12 PM
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12. Mmmmm.... Glaceed beets, golden beets
crimson beets in beaujolais....love me some beets.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:15 PM
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14. orange (citrus) sauce on beets is good too
pop 'em in the pressure cooker for about 10 minutes on light steam pressure and they come out perfect.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:13 PM
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13. Beets are Love
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:15 PM
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15. I like beets but the "statan's man boob" choice got me lol
:evilgrin:
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NorthernSpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:23 PM
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17. a tiny bit of beet juice is good for turning lemonade pink...
... without the stigma of resorting to artificial food dye.


Aside from that, beets are awfully sweet-tasting for me, though I'll choke a few slices down if they're what's served.

Also, they smell kind of unwholesome.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 03:33 PM
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19. I Resemble That Remark
n/t
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 05:11 PM
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20. Bush supposedly hates beets
Just like his dad loathed broccoli. I've taken to planting some around the house -- and sure enough, it's been more than 4 years and he hasn't even come to my city yet.

I find the standard red beets kind of messy, so I grow the white salad kind. (Probably not as good for me, though -- not as much antioxidant content?)
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 01:13 PM
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23. I love 'em
no one else in my family will eat them, so I only make them when I know I'm having guests that will eat them.
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