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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Sep 05 2009 : 4:02:33 PM
wow, what a day! ok, don't laugh, but i never had "real" beets when i was young... i had what was in the can, but never liked them much until i got older. i always thought they were pickled beets, but come to find out, they are just normal, everyday beets.
so this year my hubby suggested we plant beets because he loves them pickled. i said sure, cause i'm up for anything and always try a food multiple times throughout life to make sure if i like it or not.
i had to pick some of them today because they were bigger than the others and ready to be picked. but there weren't enough to pickle yet, so i'd found a recipe, "spiced baked beets," in one of my favorite country cookbooks i thought sounded yummy.
problem is, you have to grate the beets. and peel them. this was harder than i thought it would be. mainly because i had to take into consideration anything the beets might stain while they flew all over the kitchen as i grated them. when i was done i discovered spots of purple-red dotting my toaster and tins... i also discovered my hands looked like barney the purple dinosaur! i got scared for a bit, wondering if that stain would come out easily from my hands or if i would show up at my brother-in-law's wedding in a week with purple hands! luckily, it did come out. my fingernails on the other hand, look a bit dirty... the hubby told me to just paint them purple and no one would notice!!!
anyone have any suggestions or advice on beets?! especially grating them? i am looking forward to this dish, which i just put in the oven to bake... if it turns out fabulous, i'll share the recipe with you gals!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Sep 06 2009 : 5:12:02 PM
Don't be surprised if you 'pee' pink or red tomorrow. Happens to some people. We see one or two people each year in a panic because they think they have blood in their urine.
It's not about being perfect, but enjoying what you do. Set aside time to be creative.
Robyn Pandolph
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| geminidream62 |
Posted - Sep 06 2009 : 4:54:21 PM
[quote]Originally posted by prairie_princess
thanks for reminding me to make borscht! i've never had it, but a friend gave my hubby a recipe, so i'm looking forward to trying it. i also didn't know you could just blanch the greens and freeze them (i have another thread asking about just the greens), so thanks for that tip, too. if it works with beet greens, do you know if it works for other types of greens? like lettuce?
No, it wouldn't work with lettuce. There isn't enough flavour or substance to the leaves. Think how they get when you wilt them for a hot salad and then imagine going that much further with freezing and thawing, yuck. Other greens work fine, I've even seen collards in the freezer section of the grocery store. This year I dried the carrot tops thanks to one of the threads here and plan on adding them a bit at a time to soups over the winter. They're pretty strong tasting but will be a great nutritional boost.
Molly
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Sep 06 2009 : 1:41:30 PM
thanks for reminding me to make borscht! i've never had it, but a friend gave my hubby a recipe, so i'm looking forward to trying it. i also didn't know you could just blanch the greens and freeze them (i have another thread asking about just the greens), so thanks for that tip, too. if it works with beet greens, do you know if it works for other types of greens? like lettuce?
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| geminidream62 |
Posted - Sep 06 2009 : 08:30:39 AM
No adice on grating them other than maybe do it in a deep bowl with a towel loosely draped over so it will catch fly-aways and still allow you to work. We always just sliced or diced them.
My mom has always been such a smart cookie that in order to get her 2 daughters loving beets she had us help grow them in our suburban garden and help her process them for freezing. My sister and I probably made a grand mess of her kitchen as we enjoyed getting the skins off those slippery suckers. <G> But we only ever just ate them with salt, pepper and butter. Grandma used to make borscht with them but nobody in the family has her recipe. (Have you looked on the internet to see how many different recipes there are for that? Guess I'll just have to select a few and try them.) I've been blanching and freezing the tops from my yellow and also red beets this year. They will make a nice dish of greens in the winter.
Let us know how your recipe turned out and if you'd recommend it. Your hubby sounds sweet and supportive, hope the purple goes away soon so you don't stress before the wedding.
Molly
http://geminisdream.blogspot.com/ |
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