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« Reply #2430 on: 09:54:46, 25-06-2008 » |
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Chez nous, if we remember when the beetroot is fresh, cut of the leaves and stalks at the top, chop it up and treat it like spincah - it of oil in the bottom, smidgen of water, or beetroot stock from last time - and on a low heat until sogged down. Not as delicate as spinach or chard, but hey, nice with plenty of garlic.
We make the soup with the liquid produced cooking the beetroots in the pressure cooker.
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« Reply #2431 on: 17:50:12, 25-06-2008 » |
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The Beetroot Sandwich par excellence should be made with horseradish sauce(IMO)
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« Reply #2432 on: 18:03:39, 25-06-2008 » |
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The Beetroot Sandwich par excellence should be made with horseradish sauce(IMO)
Paul
Gosh, yes! Beetroot and horseradish are a great combination. Unless you don't like either of them, of course  I love both of them! Nom. A winge. I had some Jersey Royal potatoes last night and that distinctive taste wasn't there  They were ok, but they didn't taste like Jersey Royals. I noticed the same thing last year. Am I now entering the phase of life when I start saying 'Things don't taste the same any more', OR is it down to Brussels telling the potato growers that they couldn't use seaweed any more? Apparently that contributed to the JR taste but use of seaweed contravened Para blah, sub-section God-knows-what of Some-Document-Somewhere. I seem to remember reading something about that a few years ago. |
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« Reply #2433 on: 18:20:06, 25-06-2008 » |
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The Beetroot Sandwich par excellence should be made with horseradish sauce(IMO)
Paul
Gosh, yes! Beetroot and horseradish are a great combination. Unless you don't like either of them, of course I love both of them! Nom. A winge. I had some Jersey Royal potatoes last night and that distinctive taste wasn't there They were ok, but they didn't taste like Jersey Royals. I noticed the same thing last year. I am a recent Convert to beetroot but I love horseradish, might try that combination. Funny you said that about the Jerseys, I have been SO disappointed with them this year, as you say the distinctive taste seems to have gone. I find the Cornish or the Pembroke new pots have been far more flavoursome. According to statistics our consumption of potatoes is still spiralling downwards as we favour pasta or rice, but with the recent price hikes in those commodities perhaps we will return to the humble spud? |
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« Reply #2434 on: 18:32:20, 25-06-2008 » |
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Pops head above parapet to say 'don't like beetroot or horseradish at all'; pops down again rather quickly.
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« Reply #2435 on: 18:34:17, 25-06-2008 » |
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telling the potato growers that they couldn't use seaweed any more? Apparently that contributed to the JR taste but use of seaweed contravened Para blah, sub-section God-knows-what of Some-Document-Somewhere. I seem to remember reading something about that a few years ago.
I think this is the reason I seem to have gone off potatoes recently. I wasn't quite aware why, but I have been aware that they aren't giving me as much Nomification as in the past. I'm eating far more pulses, beans and rice (and nice bread) than before as a result. I do miss 'em, though. Oh, and: Beetroot: BLEH (unless it's borscht) Horseradish: NOM |
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« Reply #2436 on: 18:42:12, 25-06-2008 » |
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I was surprised that according to an article in, I think, the Guardian, that potatoes do not count towards your five portions a day but I thought they had a lot of Vitamin C?
I think the adverse weather conditions may have something to do with lack of taste? I certainly haven't had any decent peas this year.
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« Reply #2437 on: 18:51:21, 25-06-2008 » |
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Apparently that contributed to the JR taste but use of seaweed contravened Para blah, sub-section God-knows-what of Some-Document-Somewhere.
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« Reply #2438 on: 18:57:44, 25-06-2008 » |
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I was surprised that according to an article in, I think, the Guardian, that potatoes do not count towards your five portions a day but I thought they had a lot of Vitamin C?
The Grauniad? Nonsense. Potatoes do count, as long as they're balanced by other fruit and veg (including greens of course). I know someone who thinks that glugging five glasses of smoothies a day fulfills his quota.  |
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« Reply #2439 on: 19:54:28, 25-06-2008 » |
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I was surprised that according to an article in, I think, the Guardian, that potatoes do not count towards your five portions a day but I thought they had a lot of Vitamin C?
The Grauniad? Nonsense. Potatoes do count, as long as they're balanced by other fruit and veg (including greens of course). I know someone who thinks that glugging five glasses of smoothies a day fulfills his quota. Marty, I have to discipline you. This is the offical take on potatoes. Quote:- "Of course potatoes are a vegetable, but they don't count towards our daily fruit and veg portions. This is because the main nutrient in potatoes is carbohydrate (starch). Also when we eat them as part of a meal they are generally used in place of other sources of carbohydrate/starch, such as bread, pasta or rice. So they are classified as a starchy food rather than a vegetable. Other vegetables that don't count towards our five a day are yams, cassava and plantain, when they are eaten as a starchy food" Sob, Sob, so when is a vegetable not a vegetable? When it does not respond to you, like potatoes evidently don't (Frank Zappa) You mean potatoes don't find me attractive? |
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« Reply #2440 on: 19:59:59, 25-06-2008 » |
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Antyantyanty,
I say again: nonsense. I have a couple of friends who produce health-educational material for schools, sponsered by HMG department of health, who say potatoes are fine, starch or no starch!
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« Reply #2441 on: 20:02:09, 25-06-2008 » |
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"is fine" = "counts as a vegetable" ?
I learn something gnu every day.
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Antyantyanty,
I say again: nonsense. I have a couple of friends who produce health-educational material for schools, sponsered by HMG department of health, who say potatoes are fine, starch or no starch!
Marty x three kilos of Jersey Royals topped with oodles of unsalted butter, I am quite having a crise de nerfs having learnt that the worst thing you could eat, healthwise, is a jacket potato!! N.B. No mention was made of the use of microwaves in the process. |
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« Reply #2443 on: 20:16:46, 25-06-2008 » |
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"is fine" = "counts as a vegetable" ?
One potato, two potato, three potato, four Five potato, six potato, seven potato more. |
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« Reply #2444 on: 20:20:59, 25-06-2008 » |
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when they are eaten as a starchy food What? Is that a particularly stiff way of eating, I wonder. |
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