zxcvbob wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > I don't want boiled dirt in my beet liquid
> How is that possible, whether you peel them are not? Beet juice *is*
> boiled dirt.
> (I guess peeling them might be easier than scrubbing them, I don't know.
> You need to do one or the other)
> Bob

Be ruthless about trimming the top where the leaves grow. Trim it all away.
This is the place where it mostly tastes like dirt. And try to buy beets
smaller than a fist. In fact 3 or 4" in about good. Tender young beets are
wonderful and pickled beets are better.
Edrena