On Tue 05 Aug 2008 02:51:10p, TammyM told us...

>
> "Miche" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article .net>,
>> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>> > Me, I'd have roasted the little darlings whole (peeled), with a
>>> > little olive oil, some coarse salt and black pepper. Yuuuum.
>>>
>>> Roasting's winning by a hair, here in the group, so far.
>>
>> And for good reason. Seriously, you'll never boil beets again.
>
> I wholeheartedly agree with Miche. Having said that, I'd have to take
> my toaster oven outside and roast them in that this time of year. I
> don't "do" the oven when it's over 85F here. And it is.

All I'd have to here in AZ is set them out in the sun. :-)

> TammyM, still it's a "dry heat" and a very mild summer ... so far




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Blinky wrote:

>> It's easier just to go by weight: If the other vendor's beets weighed
>> twice as much, then it was appropriate to charge twice as much.
>
> Y'know, the more I think of this, the more I think you're right that they
> were at least a quarter larger in diameter, and thus they were both
> pricing by approximate weight. Because it's not like those two stalls
> were adjacent so that I could take in both displays at a glance. So I'll
> bet I wouldn't even have perceived a difference any smaller than than your
> example. Also, the only other product for which I noticed prices accross
> multiple vendors was strawberries -- and everybody had them at the same
> price, $3 per box, $7 for three, without fail. So it's not like the two
> beetistas would have been unaware of each other's prices.

In that case, you have to decide which you value mo The beet root or the
greens and stalks. The larger beets will have a higher root-to-green ratio,
so if you like the roots better then you should buy the larger beets.
(That's assuming both vendors *were* charging the same rate per pound.)

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Blinky wrote:
>
>>> It's easier just to go by weight: If the other vendor's beets weighed
>>> twice as much, then it was appropriate to charge twice as much.
>>
>> Y'know, the more I think of this, the more I think you're right that they
>> were at least a quarter larger in diameter, and thus they were both
>> pricing by approximate weight. Because it's not like those two stalls
>> were adjacent so that I could take in both displays at a glance. So I'll
>> bet I wouldn't even have perceived a difference any smaller than than your
>> example. Also, the only other product for which I noticed prices accross
>> multiple vendors was strawberries -- and everybody had them at the same
>> price, $3 per box, $7 for three, without fail. So it's not like the two
>> beetistas would have been unaware of each other's prices.
>
> In that case, you have to decide which you value mo The beet root or the
> greens and stalks. The larger beets will have a higher root-to-green ratio,
> so if you like the roots better then you should buy the larger beets.
> (That's assuming both vendors *were* charging the same rate per pound.)

So the tops stop growing and the roots continue, at some point? I've
never been a farmer.


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On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:39:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> Blinky wrote:
>>
>>>> It's easier just to go by weight: If the other vendor's beets weighed
>>>> twice as much, then it was appropriate to charge twice as much.
>>>
>>> Y'know, the more I think of this, the more I think you're right that they
>>> were at least a quarter larger in diameter, and thus they were both
>>> pricing by approximate weight. Because it's not like those two stalls
>>> were adjacent so that I could take in both displays at a glance. So I'll
>>> bet I wouldn't even have perceived a difference any smaller than than your
>>> example. Also, the only other product for which I noticed prices accross
>>> multiple vendors was strawberries -- and everybody had them at the same
>>> price, $3 per box, $7 for three, without fail. So it's not like the two
>>> beetistas would have been unaware of each other's prices.
>>
>> In that case, you have to decide which you value mo The beet root or the
>> greens and stalks. The larger beets will have a higher root-to-green ratio,
>> so if you like the roots better then you should buy the larger beets.
>> (That's assuming both vendors *were* charging the same rate per pound.)
>
> So the tops stop growing and the roots continue, at some point? I've
> never been a farmer.

they don't get to the beach much, so you probably haven't eaten one either.

your pal,
blake

On Wed 06 Aug 2008 08:12:12a, blake murphy told us...

> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:39:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky wrote:
>>>
>>>>> It's easier just to go by weight: If the other vendor's beets
>>>>> weighed twice as much, then it was appropriate to charge twice as
>>>>> much.
>>>>
>>>> Y'know, the more I think of this, the more I think you're right that
>>>> they were at least a quarter larger in diameter, and thus they were
>>>> both pricing by approximate weight. Because it's not like those two
>>>> stalls were adjacent so that I could take in both displays at a
>>>> glance. So I'll bet I wouldn't even have perceived a difference any
>>>> smaller than than your example. Also, the only other product for
>>>> which I noticed prices accross multiple vendors was strawberries --
>>>> and everybody had them at the same price, $3 per box, $7 for three,
>>>> without fail. So it's not like the two beetistas would have been
>>>> unaware of each other's prices.
>>>
>>> In that case, you have to decide which you value mo The beet root
>>> or the greens and stalks. The larger beets will have a higher
>>> root-to-green ratio, so if you like the roots better then you should
>>> buy the larger beets. (That's assuming both vendors *were* charging
>>> the same rate per pound.)
>>
>> So the tops stop growing and the roots continue, at some point? I've
>> never been a farmer.
>
> they don't get to the beach much, so you probably haven't eaten one
> either.
>
> your pal,
> blake
>

Really large beets can develop a "pithy" or woody texture. There seems to
be a cutoff point at which bigger is still good to eat.

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>
> Really large beets can develop a "pithy" or woody texture. There seems to
> be a cutoff point at which bigger is still good to eat.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
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> Wednesday, 08(VIII)/06(VI)/08(MMVIII)
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> Sometimes you're the windshield,
> sometimes you're the bug.
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>
>
>

As do Kohlrabi.

On Wed 06 Aug 2008 01:39:25p, Kswck told us...

>
>>
>> Really large beets can develop a "pithy" or woody texture. There seems
to
>> be a cutoff point at which bigger is still good to eat.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Wednesday, 08(VIII)/06(VI)/08(MMVIII)
>> -------------------------------------------
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>
> As do Kohlrabi.

True.


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he's a mile away, you've got his
shoes, and you can say anything then.
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blake wrote:

>> So the tops stop growing and the roots continue, at some point? I've
>> never been a farmer.
>
> they don't get to the beach much, so you probably haven't eaten one
> either.


I was under the impression that beets were first cultivated at beaches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_beet

Bob