What do beets taste like to you?

[Jason73]

If anyone has ever been by that beet factory in North Dakota you will never forget it. My recollection is it's somewhere between Fargo and Devils Lake. What a horrendous smell.

 

[Nick87]

Sweet and dirt to me. Grandma used to can beets and cabbage haven't had it in the while. Little craving now.

 

[Nick87]

I could live on that list.

Was thinking the same.

 

[MThuntr]

They taste like dirt to me but my aunt's pickled beets are very good. I imagine she adds tons of sugar

 

[Stocker]

I AM BEET KING!


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[Cammy]

I agree with the earthy taste but is not a dirt flavor. I think they take on a taste of what they are grown in. Hadn't had beet in a long time so I grew them one year. Cooked a bunch for dinner one night and got the scare of my life the next morning as the bowl had a red tinge to it. Thought I had ruptured an intestine. Took a minute to remember the beets.

 

[marshman]

Beets are great! The ones I grow sure are good. Yes, you can frreak people out if you forget to flush!

 

[gburk]

Sweet bloody dirt and I love em

 

[BearFoot]

My grandmother and mom would on occasion make borscht. Borscht is a traditional soup hailing from Russia and Eastern Europe. It wouldn’t be borscht without beets. I loved it!
To me, they don't taste like dirt or sweet. Beets taste like beets. Good and healthy. I buy sometimes for me, Mrs Bearfoot does not care for beets.

 

[marshman]

Yes very healthy, beets are really good for you, cancer fighter.

 

[lifesupport4u]

Never heard anyone say they taste like dirt before. News to me.

I have only had fresh roasted beets once but I enjoyed them. Otherwise have just had pickled beats a couple of times.

 

[88man]

Cooked, pickled, raw, harvard & cold all good I eat them every week. Red Ace is like eating candy way better than Detroit Red

 

[CycleFishHunt]

I put sweet because I love beets. But really it’s both.

And maybe I’d say “earthy” rather than like dirt.

Mushrooms are earthy too. There is something very satisfying about eating something that tastes of the earth.

Similarly, a good oyster tastes like the ocean without being fishy.