On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:29:26 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>
>Barry wrote:
>>
>> For this answer, we will turn to our very own Cybercat who will
>> WITHOUT GOOGLING...(AND NO CHEATING) answer this question for us.
>>
>> I REALLY don't know.
>
>To the best of my recollection beet roots do start off red. My father used
>to grow them in our garden. I never had a problem with beets. I actually
>sort of liked them, but my wife hates them with a passion, the only
>vegetable that she really hates. She once had tiny beets in a very nice
>restaurant and didn't mind them too much. The beet flavour was much milder,
>but they were very small and definitely red.

There are all sorts of beets now, some of which are not even close to
red. Some are golden, some are orange, some are striped, as in
Chiogga beets. Wild colors....

Christine