Ladies, how do you feel about...

femmi1120
femmi1120 Posts: 473 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello gorgeous MFP women, I need some help!

I am an advertising major and currently working on a project to figure out how women ages 35-60 feel about beets!

So, if you could just let me know whether or not you like them and maybe about how often you eat them it would be a HUGE help!

Thanks in advance :heart:
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  • gogonunubean
    gogonunubean Posts: 160 Member
    I love beets!

    I love pickled beets the most (they are awesome on a cheese sandwich)
    I also love them baked onto a goats cheese tart.

    I just wish they didn't stain my fingers pink!

    I grow them, so I eat them in season once a week, maybe once a month out of season.

    I hope this helps!
  • femmi1120
    femmi1120 Posts: 473 Member
    Awesome, thanks so much!

    I'll need a few more though! Anyone else?
  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    That's a bizarre project!

    Hate them pickled, love them just boiled.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    I want to like them to vary my veggie intake. I don't. :(
  • krys65
    krys65 Posts: 12 Member
    gross, evil little red *kitten*... right up there with brussel sprouts..yuk :)
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    yuck!
    I've had them prepared several different ways and I just don't like them.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Yuck.
  • Lina4Lina
    Lina4Lina Posts: 712 Member
    Love beets especially in a sraw beet salad with apples and carrots.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    Beets are never given the justice they deserve.

    There is nothing more pleasant-tasting and crunchy than a good raw beet. Right from the garden, washed well, cut off the ends and into the fridge to get nice and cold.

    I love them either diced up or thrown in my spiral slicer to make "noodles" out of them for an imaginative salad w/granny smith apple, daikon radish and english cucumbers...

    The rich color is definitely appealing - after all, we eat with our eyes first.... the sight of something that looks so good makes it highly palatable.

    I dont like them sweetened at all - the way they are is good enough for me!
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
    I think they are gross, unless they are raw and shredded on top of a salad.
  • pcotter54
    pcotter54 Posts: 707 Member
    I love them. We fix them roasted and steamed/boiled. Sometimes if I have time I slice them thin, cut them into little diamonds and spread cream cheese or soft goat cheese between them to make tiny layered hors d'oeuvres. It's lots of work but looks cute and tastes good.
  • Amy911Gray
    Amy911Gray Posts: 685 Member
    Straight from the can to the fridge to my plate! I love cold sliced beets!
  • Lesley2901
    Lesley2901 Posts: 372 Member
    I can only eat them if they've been pickled!
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,238 Member
    Nope...not a fan. :)
  • fluffeesquirrel
    fluffeesquirrel Posts: 63 Member
    Well I'm not in the age range, so I'll tell you about my sister who is 37. She loves beets. She puts them in salads pretty often and she'll eat them plain. I'd say she eats them 1-2 times a week.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    Seriously?
  • amez1974
    amez1974 Posts: 213 Member
    I like them roasted and leftovers are excellent cold. I don't eat them too often though.
  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 21 Member
    Love, love, love any veggie that's grilled, but beets are exceptionally great when brushed with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper and grilled. nom nom nom
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    This is a strange project... But, I don't care if it's a joke or not.

    I like beets shredded. I like root vegetables, they are yummy (there are others I like more than beets). I like eating things that are bright and colorful. Beets make me feel happy when I see the bright color. They make my meal interesting.

    Oops, I'm not 35 yet.
  • texjenn
    texjenn Posts: 146 Member
    I don't like them.
  • miriamwithcats
    miriamwithcats Posts: 1,120 Member
    Love them. Eat them at least once a week. Used to eat even more when I had a huge veggie garden and canned.

    My aunt married a man born in Russian. They use beets like we use potatoes in their stews- what they call borscht. People who aren't Russian think borscht is only the pureed beet soup that the French make.
  • AlessisMore
    AlessisMore Posts: 179 Member
    ewww. My least favorite veggie. Hate the color, hate the taste.
  • kittyr77
    kittyr77 Posts: 419 Member
    Roasted with other root veg is yummy but hardly ever buy them to be honest!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    Hate them. Hate the color, flavor, looks, smell, and how they leave a permanent stain just by looking at them.
  • cklb
    cklb Posts: 6 Member
    Seriously???
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Not quite in the age range, but other than in borscth, I can't stand them. I've tried many many times, just can't do it.
  • KrazyAsianNic
    KrazyAsianNic Posts: 1,227 Member
    I love beets! I use to take the can ones and just slice them into a salad or eat them plain like that. I have gotten into purchasing the real deal and backing them. Delicious. I haven't had them recently due to not being in control of my cooking, but now that I have my own place, i hope to incorporate them back in my life... I would eat them as often as I feel I can still enjoy them.. Maybe once a week?
  • ShinyFuture
    ShinyFuture Posts: 314 Member
    Absolutely LOVE beets. Fresh preferred by far, packaged fresh cooked is good, canned is fairly icky. Like them raw (shredded in lettuce salads or with shredded carrot and jicama) or juiced (mix with apple/carrot/celery/lemon) or cooked - baked (omg good) or boiled. I add sliced cold boiled beets to green salad.
  • quietlywinning
    quietlywinning Posts: 889 Member
    To me, they taste like dirt.
  • Circapaleo
    Circapaleo Posts: 114
    No like.

    They have this weird earthy taste that I can't get past. But I keep trying. :)

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