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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:05 PM Original message |
Beets are the new broccoli |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Excuse Me? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Hah! I thought of you when I read the OP. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Even John Lennon Loved Beets |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You should come to New Haven/southern CT |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. Wooster St. Pizza! |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I laughed out loud on that one. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. OY!!! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hate them too. So did my father, who was on an aircraft carrier |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am a vegetable FREAK, but I've gotta say, I mostly agree with Obama on this one. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. I use to never like beets but they |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Hi, Z ... That does sound pretty good... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Hey Oregonian..it's all in the |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kudos to Bayless and Topolobampo, one of my favorites in Chicago. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. mmm I LOVE BEETS!..Beet juice, beet borscht, raw beets in a salad... |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You Know What They Say, "Any Story That Begins With A Beet... |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. If you can't beet 'em |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. lol, good line LiberalEsto! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. do you like liver too? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. I used to eat it and like it with onions. Don't eat meat anymore. |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. I love pickled beets. I also like celery, carrot, apple and beet juiced |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. mmmm Absolutely right...I love the pickled beets too.. |
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ncgrits (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. You and me both Brklyn! I LOVE BEETS! When our Doc Greens restaurant stopped |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm just liking this man more and more. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. beets are worse than eggs. |
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MikeE (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. I love beets |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. mmmm.... goat cheese. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. mmm Making my mouth water.... |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, he has not tasted MY pickled beets!! |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Do you make them with hard boiled eggs? |
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mscuedawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. YUMMIO...purple pickled eggs...just made some last weekend for my friend that visited!!!! |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Lol!! I thought my mother was the only person who made that weird |
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mscuedawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Mmmm....no way! My Pennsylvania Dutch & German G'ma made the best!!! |
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MikeE (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. Yumm! |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Oh good heavens, no! Sugar, vinegar, salt and beets. No spices. My husband's grandmother's recipe |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Eating canned beets as a child kind of ruined them for me. And |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Beet horseradish is one of the great pleasures in life. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Especially with a hard boiled egg. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yep. Great on fish too. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Not sure onthe spelling...CHarain... on Passover..with Gefilte Fish.. |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. There at the bottom my my list also, right under okra. |
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ncgrits (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. Say it ain's so! You must mean BOILED okra, cuz FRIED okra is the best! eom |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. She was offended because he put hot sauce on his gumbo? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. No, no, no. She was offended because he *poured* it on, as though it were ketchup. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Meh. Unless he had some special kind of container, I'm pretty sure he must've shaken it on. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. There goes the Dwight Schrute vote. |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. LOL I thought of Dwight when I read the OP |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. I would avoid beets too if anyone I knew cooked them |
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Anwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. Mmm, I pour hot sauce over everything too! |
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143tbone (468 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. Beets taste like dirt. And don't ask me how I know what dirt tastes like. n/t. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. pickled beets with onions.........yum |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. And just what vegetables do *you* eat? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. I've made some really exquisite pickled beets in my day, particularly |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. Good. Beets are fucking disgusting. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. I like beets AND broccoli |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Me too. |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. You don't pour hot sauce OVER gumbo.... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. did you know that Lee Atwater was a hot sauce freak? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Oh crikey. If that means hot sauce causes brain cancer, |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Uh oh... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I most certainly do not have gumbo confused with jambalaya |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. That's why he can be trusted. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. Emergency Room calls, starting late August |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. I have a friend who went thru that exact situation.... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
79. Insert English Vicar-inserting-things-bumwise joke here |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
57. I dunno about "Beets are the new broccoli," but I _can_ tell you that |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. Kick |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. Maybe he never had one fresh out of the garden. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
65. Beets are yucky |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. Well this just changes EVERYTHING.... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
69. I'm in complete agreement with him on beets. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
70. Is it possible for me to retract my vote from last week? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
71. Note to some self-proclaimed Nawlins "experts" ... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Ah, I see. So "Fiery" is your married name? |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
73. I agree with him on that one - they taste like dirt |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
74. Watch for an immediate increase in beet consumption. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
75. Doesn't bode well for Russian relations. Borscht is practically the national dish. |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Beet borsht is an acquired taste |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Red beet eggs! Big in Pennsylvania! Good thing this wasn't revealed before the election. |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
77. what's his stand on spam musubi? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Not sure. Shane Victorino, on the other hand, is firmly in the pro-musubi camp. |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
82. Of course there's a beet belt! |
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