Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the
same medium, don't? (Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like ;-)
gloria p

On Jul 2, 10:03*am, Gloria P > wrote:
> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the
> same medium, don't? *(Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like ;-)
> gloria p

I've only cooked beets after cleaning the dirt off them so I haven't
experienced what you're asking about. Cleaned beets are delicious hot
or cold or pickled, plain, dressed with butter or salad dressings.
Easy to grow, tolerant of a wide range of temperatures, and the greens
also make great eating. Multicolored varieties. Beets offer more
tasty variety than most other vegetables. -aem

"Gloria P" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the same
> medium, don't? (Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like ;-)
> gloria p

Why? There's something wrong with your tongue. Tongues in good order love
beets.

Giusi wrote:
> "Gloria P" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the same
>> medium, don't? (Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like ;-)
>> gloria p
>
> Why? There's something wrong with your tongue. Tongues in good order love
> beets.
>
>


I didn't say I don't like them. I like them a lot, but I do get
the occasional "dirt" flavor that people complain about, when I
never experience that with carrots or parsnips.

And I can eat rutabaga, but turnips really smell and taste terrible to me.

gloria p

Gloria P > wrote in message
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> And I can eat rutabaga, but turnips really smell and
> taste terrible to me.

Okay; you're just _w-e-i-r-d_! You'll willingly subject your
taste buds to rutabaga?! <shudder>

The Ranger

The Ranger wrote:
> Gloria P > wrote in message
> . ..
> [major snip]
>> And I can eat rutabaga, but turnips really smell and
>> taste terrible to me.
>
> Okay; you're just _w-e-i-r-d_! You'll willingly subject your
> taste buds to rutabaga?! <shudder>
>
> The Ranger
>
>


Rutabaga are mildly sweet. Turnips are astringent and icky.

gloria p

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
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> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the same
> medium, don't? (Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like ;-)
> gloria p

Because beets are sweeter? Or because the flavor of beets, while very
distinctive, is less assertive than than carrots or parsnips so that the
earthiness comes through? Do you cook them in their skins? Do you leave at
least a quarter of an inch of stem on when you cook them (depnding upon the
recipe, of course...shredded beets require no preboiling)? Do you trim the
root end only to a very thin portion or not at all when cooking? Not doing
any of the above can allow dirt onto the uncooked beets which are hard to
clean.

Beet greens!

Suds

Gloria P wrote:
>
> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the
> same medium, don't? (Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like ;-)

They don't taste like dirt to me, and I didn't think people were being
literal when they said that until recently.

Serene

--
"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef

On Jul 3, 7:30*am, Gloria P > wrote:
> The Ranger wrote:
> > Gloria P > wrote in message
> ...
> > [major snip]
> >> And I can eat rutabaga, but turnips really smell and
> >> taste terrible to me.
>
> > Okay; you're just _w-e-i-r-d_! You'll willingly subject your
> > taste buds to rutabaga?! <shudder>
>
> > The Ranger
>
> Rutabaga are mildly sweet. *Turnips are astringent and icky.
>
> gloria p

I am not very fond of turnips, however, there are some casseroles that
are not the same if the turnip is left out.

JB

"Gloria P" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Giusi wrote:
>> "Gloria P" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> . ..
>>> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the
>>> same medium, don't? (Of course turnips, grown the same way, taste like
>>> ;-)
>>> gloria p
>>
>> Why? There's something wrong with your tongue. Tongues in good order
>> love beets.
>
>
> I didn't say I don't like them. I like them a lot, but I do get
> the occasional "dirt" flavor that people complain about, when I
> never experience that with carrots or parsnips.
>
> And I can eat rutabaga, but turnips really smell and taste terrible to me.
>
> gloria p

I prefer the rutabaga to the turnip, too, but don't dislike either.

To be perfectly serious, I think one might run across a bad beet once in a
while, even though I never have. I do run into bad carrots, though. Mostly
lacking in flavor rather than a particular taste. But that said, it just
has to be a personal thing, like so many Italians hating mustard, or people
rejecting anything containing cilantro.

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:13:47 -0700, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>Gloria P > wrote in message
...
>[major snip]
>> And I can eat rutabaga, but turnips really smell and
>> taste terrible to me.
>
>Okay; you're just _w-e-i-r-d_! You'll willingly subject your
>taste buds to rutabaga?! <shudder>
>
>The Ranger
>

do the rutabaga boogie!

your pal,
blake
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