"The beet is the most intense of vegetables.

The Lone Liberal

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Wed Oct-29-03 12:04 AM
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"The beet is the most intense of vegetables.

The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity. Beets are deadly serious."

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On the Road

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Wed Oct-29-03 12:38 AM
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1. Especially the Mangel-Wurzel

Its beetness endures even in its pollen. (Sorry, I can't continue the quote from memory.)

But I did make a cooked carrot and beet salad a couple weeks ago. I just wish they sold the greens separately. They are delicate and better than spinach or any other variety of greens.

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Clete

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Wed Oct-29-03 12:41 AM
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2. They can sure stain any cloth badly too.

I stopped cooking them for that reason. My husband spills a lot and the beets were doing a number to my linens and his shirts.

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On the Road

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Wed Oct-29-03 12:54 AM
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3. Actually, I Think This Thread Has More to Do With

human passion and the search for eternal life. My comments on greens and cooked salads were a type of hijacking.

I do know that the beet is closely involved with a very special perfume in an unexpected way.

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AquariDem

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Wed Oct-29-03 01:01 AM
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4. I was briefly terrified as a kid

I had beets for dinner and was shocked at seeing red in the toilet bowl later that evening. :scared:

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kimchi

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Wed Oct-29-03 02:09 AM
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5. Is this from Jitterbug Perfume?

Goddess, that Robbins has a way with words.

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7th_Sephiroth

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Wed Oct-29-03 05:33 AM
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6. dont forget

those naughty carrots doing Furi Kuri

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greatauntoftriplets

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Wed Oct-29-03 06:35 AM
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7. The carrot always gave me ideas.

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