[Sca-cooks] pickled beets?

[Olwen the Odd]

>Ok, I keep coming across references to pickled beets in German sources. I
>know that most SCA cooks believe that beet root was seldom eaten in
>period. Have people tried pickling beet greens? What do they taste like?
>
>-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa

I make the pickled beets and occasionally toss in the greens if I can get
nice fresh ones on the beets.  They add to the colour as well as the texture
so it is very attractive in the bowl.  The greens are somewhat bitter, which
I like, but not as bitey as mustard greens and not as tough as kale.
Olwen

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