"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "RodS" > wrote in message
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>>> On 9/07/2011 4:28 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>>>> I love home made burgers. I like a plate of lettuce, tomato and
>>>> beetroot
>>>> with the cooked hamburger meat and fried onions. A bit of tomato sauce
>>>> and eat with knife and fork. To me it has all the taste of the burger
>>>> without the bun. I never do the cheese bit though, never have liked
>>>> cheese on a burger. I hate the trend here in Aus where you ask for a
>>>> salad plate (lets say chicken and salad) and they add a lot of grated
>>>> or
>>>> sliced cheese. I can't figure how cheese can be "salad"
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>>> Not a real burger without beetroot and fried onions, no cheese and NO
>>> pickles please !!!
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>> Do you know why beets are such a big deal in Australia? I once found
>> some canned ones at Grocery Outlet and they came from Australia. Do they
>> grow well there or something?
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> No better than any other vegetable Maybe like potatoes, pumpkins and
> onions they are things that keep for a long time without refrigeration. I
> remember my grandmother, mother and first MIL always made pickled beetroot
> often. Way different in flavour to the canned stuff but it was a taste I
> really liked.

Hmmm... Here they are not all that common. Most salad bars will have them
but salad bars are few and far between these days.