Saturday, December 6, 2008

Beetroot!

Reviewing my calendar, I'd planted some silverbeet from seed back on 22nd June 2008 (6 months ago). This week I've harvested some of this crop - however it is actually beetroot - not silverbeet
This is what you get for buying cheap seeds from Go Lo!

Anyway, the beetroot is massive! Note the size of the peg on the bottom left and no! Its not some magical miniature peg....



BTW - what can you do with beetroot? After some research on the net they can be boiled, pickled, eaten raw in salad or baked

I pickled mine and they taste great - not many steps involved - boil the beetroot till soft (mine took over an hour and the house took on a very earthy smell!) - make a mix of vinegar, water, sugar, cloves, bay leaves, Cinnamon - slice the beetroot and chuck in the mix and voila! you have pickled beetroot
more detail here - http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Pickled-Beetroot-L257.html




And not to forget - Buddy was amazed by the size of the beetroot too but kept calling them beet-woofs!




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Son

I always thought silverbeet and beetroot were the same thing. Well, you've taught me something - I went scurrying off to google, and found the following:
"HISTORY: Silverbeet had its beginnings as a beetroot. While beetroot has been cultivated for its roots since the time of the early Greeks & Romans, it was with its arrival into Northern Europe that selection began for its greens rather than its roots. This then developed into the Swiss Chard or Silverbeet that we have today."
Goes to show - you're never too old to be taught new things.

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