On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:10:03 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 23:21:26 +0800, JBurns >
>wrote:
>snip
>>>That sounds absolutely delicious. I'm curious about the 'red
>>>beetroot'. Here in the US, we would probably just say beets --
>>>understood to be red. Is red beetroot just the way they are referred
>>>to there or do you actually commonly use the golden or stripped
>>>varieties?
>>>Janet US
>>
>>The common variety is red, and people here would understand you to
>>mean that if you said you were having betroot. I just qualified
>>because I have a few colours - red, yellow and the stripy white/pink
>>ones.
>>
>>In Australia we do call them beetroot rather then beets.
>>
>>I love them and will take them anyway they come, even from a can.
>>
>>I saw an interesting recipe on an English cooking show, it was a
>>potato & beetroot gratin. Like scalloped potatoes. I might try that
>>even though the potatoes ended up an odd shade of pink!
>>
>>JB
>thanks. I always like to get the terms right.

I like pickled beets but I love Harvard Beets.