Litttle Malice wrote on 9/18/2006:

> Our hostess also served dish of pickled beets. After lunch,
> as we were putting the leftovers away, she asked me if I
> liked them. "No", I replied, "I don't eat dirt chunks". She
> seemed puzzled, I don't think she got the connection. I
> noticed that no one else ate them either...

I've become more partial to beets - pickled or not - in recent
years. Not my favorite by any means. We didn't have them at
home growing up. My only memory of them being served is on
the dinner tray in the hospital after I had my appendix removed
at age 10. A really big pile of them. My current level of fondness
for them is small doses at long intervals.