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Wednesday, May 27. 2015

Cold Beet Salads, etc.

I happen to love Borscht, but I never make it, Mrs. BD has never made it, and I've only seen it on the menu in the old Russian Tea Room. My Mom, Yankee WASP that she was, would make it to please my Dad. A refreshing cold soup.


Everybody knows how to make Harvard Beets. They are just sweet-and-sour beets, but on a bed of buttercrunch lettuce it's a salad.


Another one, to put on tasty lettuce: COLD BEET SALAD WITH GOAT CHEESE & SUNFLOWER SEEDS


And a final one today (as pictured):  Roasted Beet Salad with Mint


Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 13:45 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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My Borscht recipe may not be authentic, but it did come from an area of North Dakota settled by Germans from Russia. It is made in a crockpot, so it's hot. But on a cold winter day, it is wonderful with a fresh loaf of bread.
#1 Archer2010 on 2013-06-29 12:57 (Reply)
Good God, more inconvenient Yankee food!

This stuff stains your tongue and mouth and DO NOT let some hit the white table cloth or your clothes.

Little wonder Yankees are such sourpusses.
#2 Whitehall on 2013-06-29 13:20 (Reply)
You can't get much tastier than a cold salad of roasted beets, apples, feta cheese, and pine nuts with a little vinaigrette.
#3 Texan99 on 2013-06-29 14:48 (Reply)
I love borscht, too! Never tried to make it. Also knew an older Russian woman who made this incredible beet salad that I wish I knew how to make.

Never eat beets otherwise.
#4 MissT on 2013-06-29 18:34 (Reply)
Forget the Russian Tea Room. Hit Brighton Beach for good Russian food next time you are here.
#5 Mojo on 2013-06-30 08:31 (Reply)
What is it about beets? They are so pretty, but I hate them, and I like most vegetables. My parents both loved beets, but to me they taste like dirt. Really!
#6 Toy Biederman on 2015-05-27 15:01 (Reply)
Beets, apples, feta, and pine-nuts, with a little vinaigrette.
#7 Texan99 on 2015-05-27 15:59 (Reply)
Hey, how about a trigger warning. From my elementary days, it is beets and beatings. Okay, paddlings sometimes, time outs mostly.

For some reason they had to serve us beets way back in elementary school lunch. No one ate them, but we had to take them. And everyone knew, a few of them would be flung. It was a vicious psych test I believe.
#8 JK Brown on 2015-05-28 00:12 (Reply)
Baby beet greens are delicious, too. You can put the very small ones in salads, but my favourite way was to barely cook the whole plant (well scrubbed), complete with tiny beetlet and root. A bit of lemon juice - yummy.

I was able to get a 'sort-of' borscht recipe many years ago. It started with cooking onion & garlic in butter, then adding red cabbage and sauteing until wilted. Then I just added a tin of beef broth, a tin of beets, and a tin of tomatoes, a spoon of sugar, and some dill weed and wine vinegar, and let simmer until done. Recipe recommended blending in food processor, but we always preferred the chunky version. Sour cream, of course.
#9 Frances on 2015-05-28 17:03 (Reply)

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