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
poison?)
;-)
gloria p

Gloria P wrote:
>
> Why do beets taste like dirt.

Beets don't taste like dirt, beets taste earthy, like mushrooms taste
earthy, like fresh dug potatoes taste earthy... if beets taste like
dirt to you then for sure you have your taste buds in your dirty ass.

Gloria P > wrote in message
...
> 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 poison?)

Beets (and turnips) don't taste like dirt (or poison)! Beets,
roasted, pickled, steamed, or boiled are loverly! Turnips,
roasted and salted, or added to a lamb stew in place of
potatoes are ambrosial!

The Ranger

The Ranger wrote:

> Beets (and turnips) don't taste like dirt (or poison)! Beets,
> roasted, pickled, steamed, or boiled are loverly!

Yup. I love roasted beets. But when you serve them to a person with
automimmune liver disease, the resultant changes in urine color can be
alarming without prior warning.

"Geezus! I thought it was time to alert the transplant team!"

> Beets (and turnips) don't taste like dirt (or poison)! Beets,
> roasted, pickled, steamed, or boiled are loverly! Turnips,
> roasted and salted, or added to a lamb stew in place of
> potatoes are ambrosial!
>
> The Ranger

I was right there with you until you described turnips. I cannot
abide the smell or taste of turnips - makes me gag. For real. ;-)
But I love beets.

N.

Kathleen > wrote in message
...
> The Ranger wrote:

>> Beets (and turnips) don't taste like dirt (or poison)!
>> Beets, roasted, pickled, steamed, or boiled are loverly!
> Yup. I love roasted beets. But when you serve them
> to a person with automimmune liver disease, the resultant
> changes in urine color can be alarming without prior
> warning.
>
> "Geezus! I thought it was time to alert the transplant
> team!"

It's the same with those of us not fighting that fight... Too
much of such a divine item causes some alarm, too...

The Ranger

Nancy2 > wrote in message
...

>> Beets (and turnips) don't taste like dirt (or poison)!
>> Beets,
>> roasted, pickled, steamed, or boiled are loverly! Turnips,
>> roasted and salted, or added to a lamb stew in place of
>> potatoes are ambrosial!
>>
> I was right there with you until you described turnips. I
> cannot
> abide the smell or taste of turnips - makes me gag. For
> real. ;-)
> But I love beets.

<gasp!>

You and SWMBO must have the anti-turnip gene! She's another
that doesn't enjoy that tuber in any form and vacates the
premises upon discovering its lovely bouquet wafting through
the kitchen...

The Ranger

Gloria P wrote:

>
>
> Why do beets taste like dirt when carrots and parsnips, grown in the
> same medium, don't?

That begs the question of beets tasting like dirt.


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Michael "Dog3" > wrote in message
. ..
[snip]

> My mother loves cranberries. She eats them as is. She
> went to the ER one night for blood in the stool. It was
> the cranberries. Gawd... what a topic

Thank the gahds she wasn't enjoying three-days-straight those
new fluorescent Gatorades. Talk about psychedelic!

The Ranger

Sheldon wrote:
> Gloria P wrote:
>> Why do beets taste like dirt.
>
> Beets don't taste like dirt, beets taste earthy, like mushrooms taste
> earthy, like fresh dug potatoes taste earthy... if beets taste like
> dirt to you then for sure you have your taste buds in your dirty ass.
>
>

Sheldon,
Once again, I really have to ask this...Why are you so god aweful
rude to everyone?

Gloria P > wrote:

> Why do beets taste like dirt

Maybe some unkind person sold you some dirt instead of beetroots.
Normal beetroots taste like beetroots to people with normal tastebuds.

However, this begs a question on whether there is some dirt somewhere
that tastes like beetroots. Apparently, some people on this newsgroup
have a lot of experience in dirt consumption, so maybe they can answer
this question.

Victor

On Jul 3, 1:48*am, Kathleen > wrote:
> The Ranger wrote:
> > Beets (and turnips) don't taste like dirt (or poison)! Beets,
> > roasted, pickled, steamed, or boiled are loverly!
>
> Yup. *I love roasted beets. *But when you serve them to a person with
> automimmune liver disease, the resultant changes in urine color can be
> alarming without prior warning.
>
> "Geezus! *I thought it was time to alert the transplant team!"

That happens if you feed beets to young children also. Both number 1
and 2.

I just about freaked when my younger son (who was two) ate beets and
this happened!

JB

On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:38:53 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
wrote:

>I've been known to peel a small one and eat it raw sprinkled with salt.

I have to try that sometime. Not sure I'd use salt either. If it's
sweet already, why ruin it with salt? Did you eat it bending over a
sink the way you'd eat a mango?



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:24:49 -0400, George Cebulka >
wrote:

>Sheldon wrote:
>> Gloria P wrote:
>>> Why do beets taste like dirt.
>>
>> Beets don't taste like dirt, beets taste earthy, like mushrooms taste
>> earthy, like fresh dug potatoes taste earthy... if beets taste like
>> dirt to you then for sure you have your taste buds in your dirty ass.
>>
>>
>
>Sheldon,
> Once again, I really have to ask this...Why are you so god aweful
>rude to everyone?

Because he can. No other reason. It was a good post that went bad.
<sigh>


--
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Mae West

Michael wrote on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:01:13 GMT:

>> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:38:53 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been known to peel a small one and eat it raw sprinkled
>>> with salt.
>>
>> I have to try that sometime. Not sure I'd use salt either.
>> If it's sweet already, why ruin it with salt? Did you eat it
>> bending over a sink the way you'd eat a mango?

> It's not juicy like a mango. I just slice off a chunk at a
> time and eat it. Do it the same way you'd snack on a raw
> potato.

Not me! I had thought my sister was the only person who liked raw
potato!

--

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Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:01:13 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
wrote:

>sf <.> : in
>rec.food.cooking
>
>> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:38:53 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I've been known to peel a small one and eat it raw sprinkled with salt.
>>
>> I have to try that sometime. Not sure I'd use salt either. If it's
>> sweet already, why ruin it with salt? Did you eat it bending over a
>> sink the way you'd eat a mango?
>
>It's not juicy like a mango. I just slice off a chunk at a time and eat
>it. Do it the same way you'd snack on a raw potato.
>
OK, you got me there.... I've never even considered snacking on raw
potato.

sf
obviously not part of the raw foods movement


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Mae West

> > It's not juicy like a mango. I just slice off a chunk at a
> > time and eat it. Do it the same way you'd snack on a raw
> > potato.
>
> Not me! I had thought my sister was the only person who liked raw
> potato!
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
>
I've always loved little bits of raw potato. I thought everyone did.

N.

On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:48:25 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> Michael wrote on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:01:13 GMT:
>
>>> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:38:53 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been known to peel a small one and eat it raw sprinkled
>>>> with salt.
>>>
>>> I have to try that sometime. Not sure I'd use salt either.
>>> If it's sweet already, why ruin it with salt? Did you eat it
>>> bending over a sink the way you'd eat a mango?
>
>> It's not juicy like a mango. I just slice off a chunk at a
>> time and eat it. Do it the same way you'd snack on a raw
>> potato.
>
>Not me! I had thought my sister was the only person who liked raw
>potato!

sounds like pica to me.

your pal,
blake
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On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:24:49 -0400, George Cebulka >
wrote:

>Sheldon wrote:
>> Gloria P wrote:
>>> Why do beets taste like dirt.
>>
>> Beets don't taste like dirt, beets taste earthy, like mushrooms taste
>> earthy, like fresh dug potatoes taste earthy... if beets taste like
>> dirt to you then for sure you have your taste buds in your dirty ass.
>>
>>
>
>Sheldon,
> Once again, I really have to ask this...Why are you so god aweful
>rude to everyone?

his mommy was mean to him.

your pal,
blake
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Nancy2 wrote:

>>>It's not juicy like a mango. I just slice off a chunk at a
>>>time and eat it. Do it the same way you'd snack on a raw
>>>potato.
>>
>>Not me! I had thought my sister was the only person who liked raw
>>potato!
>>
>>--
>>
>>James Silverton
>>
>
> I've always loved little bits of raw potato. I thought everyone did.

I liked raw potatoes as a kid until my grandmother told me I'd get worms
from eating them like that. I think she really believed it, too, and
wasn't just telling me that to keep me from hanging around while she
cooked dinner.

Nancy2 wrote:
>>> It's not juicy like a mango. I just slice off a chunk at a
>>> time and eat it. Do it the same way you'd snack on a raw
>>> potato.
>> Not me! I had thought my sister was the only person who liked raw
>> potato!
>>
>> --
>>
>> James Silverton
>>
> I've always loved little bits of raw potato. I thought everyone did.

Ick. Yuck. P-tooey.

Um, I mean, no, that's not my cup of tea.

Serene

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