Ladies, how do you feel about...

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  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I like them but don't often eat them. Mostly when I do they are in a soup, pickled or made into a dip.
  • Only like them in red velvet cake ^u^
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    I'm way off on the demographic here...but I thought I'd add my favorite use of beets.
    Beet infused vodka martini.

    I classify it as a vegetable instead of alcohol.

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  • valeriebpdx
    valeriebpdx Posts: 497 Member
    I like them--canned or fresh but cooked (boiled or roasted). I have never eaten them raw. My favorite prep is warm beets in a salad with cold greens, a little sweet vinaigrette, goat cheese, and a few roasted pistachios. Yum!
  • jazee11
    jazee11 Posts: 321
    I love, love, love beets!

    I like them roasted or raw, peeled and julienned in the cuisinart with little fresh squeezed oj dressing. I also like to juice with them.

    I think they are fabulous in all ways.
  • amnsetie
    amnsetie Posts: 666 Member
    This is not a scientific way to do your research you know.
    If you just go by this you should fail.
    It's also sexist as......

    but here goes anyway.
    Australians of all ages love tinned beetroot.
    It is default on salad sandwiches, salad rolls and hamburgers.

    Now get with the program,
  • lilmisfit
    lilmisfit Posts: 860 Member
    Tried 'em. Hated 'em. :ohwell:
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    raw grated, roasted, or in chocolate brownies!!!!!!
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    My mom never cooked them, so I'd have no clue what to do with them. They don't look particularly appealing.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    I love beets every way I've tried them, but especially as beet chips (grated off a raw one and baked in the oven slowly.

    I also hate the way they stain your fingers.
  • MelMena
    MelMena Posts: 152 Member
    gross, evil little red *kitten*... right up there with brussel sprouts..yuk :)

    EXACTLY my feelings. I want to gag just thinking about them.
  • BaDaSsBrUnEtTe
    BaDaSsBrUnEtTe Posts: 518 Member
    love them, never ever eat them though, love me a nice goat cheese and beet salad.
  • BaDaSsBrUnEtTe
    BaDaSsBrUnEtTe Posts: 518 Member
    same here
    sorry, I just realized I wasn't in your age range. x_x
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    LOVE BEETS!
  • Cameo530
    Cameo530 Posts: 155 Member
    I love them: boilied or pickled or raw or whatever.

    I get to eat them next to never because they're the one and only food that my husband just absolutely hates and has asked me not to fix. :sad: He'll eat anything else I put in front of him, even if he's not a huge fan, but he gets nauseated just from the smell of beets cooking, so I don't even get to fix them just for myself. Occasionally I find them at a family gathering or on a salad bar and get to treat myself!
  • MMarvelous
    MMarvelous Posts: 1,067 Member
    I only eat beets when my iron is low...the last time I ate them was over 2 years ago.
  • bushidowoman
    bushidowoman Posts: 1,599 Member
    My midwife recommended beets during my last pregnancy. At age 35, I had never tried one.
    I LOVE them now, cooked in the oven, with just a bit of salt and butter added. It's one of my pregnancy cravings this time around.
    The kids love them, too.
  • Beets make me gag. Even the name BEET. Doesn't even have a nice ring to it. Icky.
  • waffleflavoredtea
    waffleflavoredtea Posts: 235 Member
    I prefer the sweeter yellow beets, then I slice them up, put them in a glass bowl, and mircowave for 2-3 minutes, then blanch them in icewater. I eat them plain, or in a salad. I don't like them any other way, believe me I've tried :P
  • marsviolet
    marsviolet Posts: 79 Member
    LOVE them, but not cooked.
  • shyeban
    shyeban Posts: 121 Member
    I love them! Particularly unpickled with either goats cheese or blue cheese in a salad!
  • reyopo
    reyopo Posts: 210 Member
    Hi...I'm 41. Beets are amazing...I crave them, and eat them all kinds of ways. I didn't read the whole thread, but I assume it's pretty evenly split, but very strong on 'love' or 'hate' and not many in between "beets, meh..." types?
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    My mom is almost 50 and she loves beets. I however, HATE them. My daughter loves them though, she's 2, doesn't help much. My mom makes her own pickled beets.
  • lorig_2000
    lorig_2000 Posts: 106 Member
    I really like beets. Beet pickles are my favourite kinds of pickles. I like them roasted with a dash of tex-mex seasoning. I like them boiled. I also make a mean borscht! Only thing I don't like about them is that they really stain.
  • J do not like them at all but my son loves them :)
  • Mellie289
    Mellie289 Posts: 1,191 Member
    I've had some pickled on some kind of middle eastern wrap that were okay, and I love borscht (both tried in restaurants), but I don't like beets at all just on their own. I wish I did. I haven't experimented with recipes to see if there's a way to cook them to be more palatable myself.
  • ezavora
    ezavora Posts: 59 Member
    Love them. Grow a huge patch so I can have them all winter.

    Great salad of boiled or roasted beets, goat cheese, and bacon. Yum
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    I love, love, love beets. In any form. And beet greens! Mmmmm...
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    They are good...I've been eating them since I was a kid.
  • lainiegee
    lainiegee Posts: 23 Member
    Hiya, just seen this..... i love them. I tend to juice them with maybe carrots, celery, cucumber etc. Very good for your blood i am told.:smile: