Posted on 07/27/2016 4:52:26 PM PDT by Loyalist
A senior in Truro, N.S., is thanking police after an officer recovered a bag of beets from an intoxicated cyclist which may have been stolen from her community garden plot.
Olga McCabe-Cain said she arrived at the King Street community garden on the site of the former St. Mary's Elementary School in Truro at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, only to discover that a number of her beet plants were missing.
"It was so disappointing," McCabe-Cain said. "They cleaned the row right out nicely — even padded it over — and left one bunch of beets at the end."
She said she had given up on finding them again, when the unexpected happened.
The beets were, apparently, returned.
Intoxicated cyclist
Hearing the news coverage about the apparent theft, Truro police Const. Kelly Quinn recalled she had spotted a highly intoxicated cyclist weaving in and out of traffic on Monday.
When she went to arrest him, the man tossed a bag over the Salmon River bridge. That bag was full of beets.
Truro police Chief Dave MacNeil said there's no way to prove that the recovered beets were stolen.
There's no serial numbers on beets. There's no DNA evidence, but it's one of those things, it's pretty highly suspect, I mean, it's an odd vegetable to begin with," he said.
On Tuesday, MacNeil said Quinn took the time on her day off to return to the site of the arrest, retrieve the beets and give them to McCabe-Cain.
"She's an excellent police officer and a real caring and giving person and felt that it wasn't right," MacNeil said. "It was an injustice, and she wanted to make it right by returning the vegetables."
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You mustn't be married to a Russian as I am. I've learned to appreciate beets.
God, how Canada has fallen.
Today, socialist Gardens; tomorrow, justice at the point of a gun.
CBS news...on top of things as usual.
CBC
Beets are great for detoxing the liver. Probably what he had in mind!
That may be a one-of-a-kind theft.
“But I don’t like beets ...”
Love, Beauty
Beets are delicious. Roast them with olive oil, slice them up and slather them with sour cream, put on Polish Polka music, pour a beer and have a feast.
This story reminds me of yesteryear.
I was listening to some old time AM radio online a few weeks ago, the news stories were just like this...I miss it.
Yes, they are. Took me many years to discover this!
Beets are delicious.
Yes, they are. Took me many years to discover this!
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Hot beets are good with a lot of butter.
Cold beets are good with a lot of vinegar and onions.
I normally ‘restrict’ my veggie intake to potatoes(?), corn and green beans at times.
Seems like butter, salt and pepper are a common demoninator when it comes to veggies.
My theory is that I am a BEEF eater and cows live on grass and grass byproducts SO the cow eats my share of greens and passes it along.
Of course, I once heard that a pile of horse apples would taste somewhat decent if enough hot sauce, garlic, vinegar and pepper were used.
Haven’t had to try it but................
I like my beets pickled and thinly sliced.
Good for a side dish. Just watch the bright purple color doesn’t run into your potato salad and crescent rolls.
Agree. They taste like dirt. Probably would have taken them back once he had a bite.
Basturd!
Maybe THAT'S what Billie Joe McAllister and his girlfriend threw off the Tallahatchie bridge!
Half our garden is beets. I’d be mightily pissed if they were stolen.
I am so glad that CBS is on top of this really important story!!!
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