Comments on: Sweet Beets

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:30:35 +0000

As an avid beet-lover, I find myself in the minority wherever I go.

For a beet-palate pleasing lunch, try them sliced, stacked alternately with goat cheese and then roasted. Wow!

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:32:44 +0000

Coming from a Polish family, I’ve grown up with beets on the table for every major holiday. Either served cold with a bit of vinegar and seasoning or in beet soup. There’s something indescribable about the tasted that I really love.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:32:14 +0000

I actually loved eating pickled beets as a child. We traveled often. Seeing beets on the salad bar always made me comfortable and happy. I agree with Emira’s method for roasting them. I may add a drizzle of olive oil over the beets before they bake. You can also roast the carrots. Which get lovely and caremlized. Terrific tossed with some fresh mint, salt and pepper. A nice borscht is another way to prepare beets. I love the pink color on the spoon.

By: Tally

Tally — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:39:57 +0000

How about grated red beets? Mixed together with grated carrots and whatever is on hand, e.g. radish, apple… spiced up with cress and/or some sprouts, may be mixed with arugula.
Add good olive oil, salt and pepper. Or a bit of your favorite dressing.

I love it and have it quite frequently as a “go to work” lunch.

Hello from Hamburg
-not quite Dänemark but not far away-

ps. as teenagers we used to have competitions about how many danish hotdog with red polsers one can eat immediatly after crossing the border

By: Hannie

Hannie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:26:47 +0000

I enjoyed your post about the Danish food. My parents in law are Dutchies who emigrated to Denmark a few years ago. Altough they are not to fond about the Danish eating habits they embraced Leverpostej, grillpolser and grovhakket. I can’t stand those. My sister in low really loves them; every time she visits her parents she brings loads of grovhakket to Holland and takes Dutch bread to Denmark because my in-laws don’t like the Rugbrød in Danmark. I enjoy the sandwiches with fish and Rødgrød med fløde. But I would prefer other more southern European cuisines.