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Default I've just realized. . .

On 1/30/2015 12:52 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Opinicus" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:34:02 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>>>>> > The worst thing to eat is beets.

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>>>>> That sentence, taken out of context, stands alone perfectly well.

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>>>> LOL! That's one thing I never eat. Never liked them. Who the heck
>>>> eats beets and actually enjoys them?

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>>> Actually ... I do ;-)

>> While I can't stand them boiled or pickled, I do like borscht. I've
>> seen whole beets oven-roasted on cookery shows but I can't imagine
>> what they taste like. I suppose the roasting must make them very
>> sweet.

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> I don't know. I boil them, and then cover them in malt vinegar The
> only way I like them I see others like pickles using white vinegar
> but I grew up with malt vinegar and I guess that is what I am used to
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I think freshly boiled beets make a better vinegar pickle but not so
much so that the fast method of opening a can is out.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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