Food 02 Aug 2005 02:30 pm
mmm, beets
I grew up having to eat terrible canned beets regularly. They’re even worse after they’ve been sitting in the can in the fridge for a while. I was sure I loathed beets. But now I love them, thanks to Terri’s roasted beet recipe.
Roasted Beets
Select a bunch of beets — the small ones are generally better than the really big ones. Cut off all but an inch of the stem, scrub them clean, and place in aluminum foil or a little roasting dish. Spray with a little olive oil.
Roast until tender. About an hour and a half at 325 is good for medium-sized beets.
Let the beets cool. Put on some gloves, unless you don’t care if your hands turn bright pink. Make a slit in the skin of each beet and slip off the skins.
Slice or chunk them and marinate in olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. Refrigerate and eat cold.
I have some in the oven now. Yum.
on 02 Aug 2005 at 2:36 pm 1.Mris said …
They *can* beets?
Will wonders never cease.
on 02 Aug 2005 at 2:41 pm 2.Cam Sculpin said …
They do. Do they ever.
I suspect that if you came from a family of Scottish people, you’d know more than you ever wanted to know about the mysterious denizens of the canned vegetable aisle. My basic family recipe for vegetables is “take one can, boil until gray.” Fortunately, my mother omits the boiling. This made her the best cook in several generations.
on 02 Aug 2005 at 6:04 pm 3.Rechercher said …
It’s possible to enjoy beets? Bleah.
I think I’m having another religious moment. I want to believe…but can’t. And I just don’t have enough nerve to put my faith in beets.
on 02 Aug 2005 at 11:40 pm 4.Cam Sculpin said …
I admit, I was pretty surprised to learn that I like them.
No faith required — I just tried ‘em once in a while. We’re all about the empiricism around here.
on 03 Aug 2005 at 8:46 am 5.Wim said …
Borscht is good.
I dimly remember eating some other beet dish that I liked, but I don’t remember what it was. Soup?