[the long march]

I for one have always loved beets. Beet root must be an ‘English’ terminology. Have used the greens from the tops and they are good also.

Pickled, hot,cold, mashed, sliced, any old way... I like beets

[capt. norm]

Pickled, hot,cold, mashed, sliced, any old way... I like beets

Me too....and being from the South, I love to eat the tops as greens (well, almost green). Beet greens are about halfway between collards and mustard greens in taste and texture.

[GunRunner]

Me too. I don’t understand the article; I thought everyone loved them.

[RummyChick]

wouldn't beet root be different than beets?

Back when I was researching foods to fight cancer, there was a difference between sprouts and the actual vegetable. can't remember which one. I think broccoli. So could there be a difference between roots and the actual beet

[Lobbyist]

I take the beet greens and clean them and then saute them in olive oil with kosher salt. Yummy! I usually serve them with chicken or pork.

[Lobbyist]

BTW, I also bake whole beets as an alternative to a bake potatoe.Slathered with butter of course. Baked beets are on my long list of comfort foods.

[thecodont]

I love beets and was raised eating them: both roots and tops. Pickled canned beets used to be more available but I can’t find them now.

A specialty grocery near me once carried crystallized beet juice (purple crystals). Another store sold sugar beet syrup, which was very tasty.