Giusi wrote:
> "Gloria P" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> . ..
>> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the same
>> medium, don't? (Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like ;-)
>> gloria p
>
> Why? There's something wrong with your tongue. Tongues in good order love
> beets.
>
>


I didn't say I don't like them. I like them a lot, but I do get
the occasional "dirt" flavor that people complain about, when I
never experience that with carrots or parsnips.

And I can eat rutabaga, but turnips really smell and taste terrible to me.

gloria p