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

[Susan Lin]

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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