"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:14:23 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
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>> We have a couple of stores around here that sell the fresh beets sans
>> tops. I'm sure they aren't as good, but they are a heck of a lot
>> cheaper.
>
> You're saying you commonly find beets *with* their tops in a grocery
> store or green market? Huh. So near and yet so far.

When I lived in Alameda they always came with the tops.