Just harvested half of my beet crop. Which amounts to two beets.
I ate one. With greens.
I'm amazed at how richly green and waxy looking the greens are on these plants. They were the most robust looking plants in the garden.
And it's not how well I cooked it, but that I had one to cook at all.
No, I"ll do it analog. Ok, it was THIS big. See my hands? And it was one of those golden ones, so the meat was about the color of my teeth.
And the greens were....green. And waxy. They were THIS waxy. See my ears?
What's a good recipe for beet(s) and greens. I just fried some onions, then sauted the greens for a little while, with some water, and nuked the beet sliced. Everything was just slightly bitter, but could have been from not cooking long enough.
Man, I can't wait until I get some land. Hard to change the world on my
10x12 concrete patio.
I just steam beet greens and serve them with lemon butter. The beet is cooked and served separately, pressure cooked, peeled, sliced and served as is with lemon pepper and salted to the individual taste. I don't generally cook with salt. The lemon pepper is the salt free variety.
Good job! :-)
Slacker!
doofy expounded:
I love beets just sliced and steamed, the greens can be the same. Just a little butter and they're delish! But you can roast beets, cut one in half (through the stem end) and put it face down on a slightly oiled sheet. Roast it until you can pierce with a fork. The peel will slip off. This really enhances the natural sweetness of the beet.
Ok, ok, give me another day, and I'll take a picture of what the beet has become.
How about just emailing it to her. Don't think too many others are interested.
Believe it or not, there is a website for that. ;-)
Honestly some people are so gross, and have WAY too much time on their hands!
I'll "pass" thanks. ;-)
I'm not going there.
Congratulations on your beet crop. There is no sarcasm there, none, just sympathy. I once decided to try growing wheat in my 4x16 vegetable bed. I used about half of the bed for the wheat, and my friend with the electric flour mill laughed and laughed when I showed up on his doorstep with my little pint jar of wheat berries. But hey, I had enough flour to make a *delicious* batch of whole wheat rolls for Thanksgiving, and gained a much better understanding of what goes on up there in North Dakota. :)
Good move.
I only knew about the site because some disgusting troll posted it on one of the cooking lists...
But, you DID bring it up.
Um...I went there. Wish I hadn't. But, when you gotta go....
Well, it's not like I didn't warn you!!!
I planted some buckwheat out there, to attract bees, build the soil, but I think it's in a spot that is too shady.
I also planted a container of snap beans. Got one plateful out of it. But, by golly, I grew them.
What's a good shade tolerant veggie?
I'd like to know too. I'm not sure there are any?
Maybe broad leaf greens such as chard?
Or have a poop fetish.
As unsanitary a subject as it is, what comes out of us can be instructive. If it is black, you may have internal bleeding or too much iron in your diet. If you haven't been eating beets and it comes out red, you have bleeding. If there are things moving on it, you have problems. If it comes out hard, you need more fiber. If it comes out loose, you should consider what you ate. If it comes out unexpectedly, you may need to see a doctor. You you don't poop, you can probably expect to explode before you turn fifty;-)
Sounds to me like you need to start thinking outside the box.. as in stacked containers? Secure well, the last thing you want is toppling over when you are a week from harvest!!
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