[Sca-cooks] Special diet friendly sweets - the results

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 24, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Susan Lin wrote:

> I've never been a beet fan myself - although the beet tops are tasty.
>
> But, last summer I tried roasting them and the flavor was so  
> different than
> just boiling them (or maybe my mother just didn't know how to cook  
> them).  I
> actually found myself enjoying them.
>
> If you haven't tried them recently - give 'em another go.  While I'm  
> still
> not going to eat a plate of them, a few slices at a meal make a nice
> addition.
>
> Or, as you say - you can pickle them -
>
> -S
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you!  I have a bunch of those at the moment, along with a big  
>> box of
>> mostly green leafies from the local CSA [Community Supported  
>> Agriculture]
>> farm.
>>
>> Will probably just shred and blanch them all and fling them in the  
>> freezer
>> for later use with stir-fry.
>> What to do with the beetroots?  I don't really care for them.   
>> Probably
>> something pickle-y.
>>
>> Hope your holiday was lots of fun,
>> Selene
>> Altavia, Caid
>>
>>
>> Susanne Mayer wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, just now clearing up my backlog. I have been on vacation in  
>>> Apulia,
>>> Italy and just a small detail to beet tops:
>>>
>>> They are still used down there as vegetable, just sauteed in olive  
>>> oil and
>>> mixed with noodles, we had that as a primi piati in one of the  
>>> hotels.
>>>
>>> btw Apulia is all Castellos, medieval village centers, Byzantine
>>> Romanesque or Romanesques churches and beautifull landscape, (well  
>>> in
>>> between are some modern cities but almost all have retained their  
>>> historic
>>> city centers as teh have been)
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Katharina
>>> Drachenwals, Ad Flumen Caerulum
>>>
>>>
>>>> 4. Re: Special diet friendly sweets - the results (Gretchen Beck)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Message: 4
>>>> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:22:36 -0400
>>>> From: Gretchen Beck <grm at andrew.cmu.edu>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Special diet friendly sweets - the results
>>>> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>>> Message-ID: <D4F96A3A980B831FCBD5E340 at Grump1.cmu.edu>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --On Monday, March 30, 2009 4:04 PM -0400 Amy Cooper
>>>> <amy.s.cooper at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I think, in the end, my cooking for dinner yesterday was pretty
>>>>> successful. The torta bolognese tasted quite nice - I was able  
>>>>> to find
>>>>> red swiss chard in the grocery store.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Just curious -- has anyone tried this recipe using beet tops?  (I"m
>>>> pretty
>>>> well convinced that's what "bleeta" is in this recipe). I haven't  
>>>> been
>>>> able
>>>> to get my hands on a good fresh quantity to try (haven't grown  
>>>> beets in
>>>> years).
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> toodles, margaret
>>>>
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