"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Wilson > wrote:
>
>> don't have the dirt taste at all. But I digress. Do you taste them before
>> entering them into the fair, Wilson said ducking behind the counter.
>
> I do not. I would sooner have a root canal.
> Which is part of the fun < I want a blue ribbon without ever having
> eaten one. That's why the questions > supposed to be like, from texture
> to taste. I'm amazed at the number
> of people who lobby me to be taste-testers. Blech and ptooey!
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

As you know - they are my favorite, having rediscovered them in my dotage.
All those creamed beets looking like truly evil bloody chunks on my
elementary school lunch tray.
Do be ruthless trimming off any portion of the top that was above ground,
especially the big ol' ones. I've found that this is where the dirt-est
taste resides.
Do taste the sirup if nothing else. On toast perhaps. Did you try cutting
the beets into pretty shapes with a leetle cookie cutter? That year I won
first on appearance alone. It wastes about 50% of your beet however. Lessen'
y'all like them leftovers sprinkled on yer salat or cottage cheese or made
into borscht.
Love,
Edrena