They are surprisingly sweet. Too sweet, for my taste. They’re better than you might think - art least, I was expecting worse after growing up with aunts who put them in shit like jello, and all the times I was tricked thinking I was getting canned pureed cinnamon apple … whatever the hell that stuff is … and getting canned pureed beets. Had my first roasted one as an adult and thought, hell, this is pretty good.
But, yeah, too sweet. Not sweet enough to be a dessert pretending to be a vegetable, like baked sweet potato with marshmallows, but too sweet to be a stand-alone vegetable.
Chop one up, salt it, and roast it in the oven until it’s not hard anymore. They’re cheap, and you lose nothing but a buck and some time by trying it. You might discover a new passion!
I just realized I’ve never eaten a beet on purpose that wasn’t pickled.
Stewed beets are delicious, and beet greens are quite tasty too. A nice addition to any garden.
I’ll try a stew this year. I have a garden, just never had them in mind before lol.
They are surprisingly sweet. Too sweet, for my taste. They’re better than you might think - art least, I was expecting worse after growing up with aunts who put them in shit like jello, and all the times I was tricked thinking I was getting canned pureed cinnamon apple … whatever the hell that stuff is … and getting canned pureed beets. Had my first roasted one as an adult and thought, hell, this is pretty good.
But, yeah, too sweet. Not sweet enough to be a dessert pretending to be a vegetable, like baked sweet potato with marshmallows, but too sweet to be a stand-alone vegetable.
Chop one up, salt it, and roast it in the oven until it’s not hard anymore. They’re cheap, and you lose nothing but a buck and some time by trying it. You might discover a new passion!