Cindy Fuller > wrote in message >...
> No, I didn't make anything like geoducks or eels. I tried the grilled
> garlic steak recipe from yesterday's Minimalist column in the NY Times.
> Not bad, but it needed more garlic. I served it with barley and (turn
> away, Barb, Alan, and Harry) beets with raisins and fresh ginger. I got
> the latter recipe from Greene on Greens. Pretty tasty. I don't make
> beets very often, but they were on sale and I was bored with most of the
> other vegetables I saw at the market that day.
>
> Cindy

What on earth is wrong with beets, if by that you mean beetroot? In
Australia we have been trying for years to get Maccas to replace the
pickle in the Big Mac with a slice of beetroot, which is of course the
traditional accompaniment in a burger.

Gotta watch that colour through, it can stain your clothes and your
pee will be pinky-purple for a day or so, depending on how much you
eat.

BTW, your ginger and raison beetroot recipe sounds good.

James