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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: urban farmer on October 06, 2009, 07:39:40 pm

Title: very old beetroot
Post by: urban farmer on October 06, 2009, 07:39:40 pm
Hi folks,
  have been stripping the veg patch out toda and found some very large, old beetroot that I had forgotten was growing.  Any ideas what might be suitable to make it palletable or is it a lost cause?
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: Padge on October 06, 2009, 08:59:23 pm
lost methinks........................very woody :-\ :-\
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: doganjo on October 06, 2009, 09:19:55 pm
For goodness sake don't be tempted to try beetroot wine.  ;)  We thought it would make a good talking point when we produced this beautiful full bodied red from the cellar at Christmas. ::)  We checked it every year for FIVE years and it never improved beyond the taste of earth  >:( :( :'(
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: urban farmer on October 07, 2009, 01:33:11 pm
Thanks, guess I will put that one down to experience then!
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: The Chicken Lady on October 09, 2009, 10:38:15 am
I once made beetroot wine after someone gave me some that they had grown. I made the wine and then as I was moveing from a flat to my first house I filtered it and left it in a large demijohn in the cellar of my new home. On moveing to my next home some 18 months later I found it in the cellar. A friend said that he would put it through a filter and bottle it. Some weeks later - a Sunday afternoon we decided to taste it. Well it was fantastic. It tasted like port! Everyone enjoyed it - said it was the best they had ever tasted and it did not give you a headache the next day. The trouble is I can't remember how to make it so I have never tried to make it since as I did not want to ruin the memory of such a good wine!
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: northfifeduckling on November 01, 2009, 08:14:25 pm
I would just throw it in with lots of other stuff for a stock. We make stock out of any bones + veg. Just strain it after pressure cooking, then reduce to a thick liquid and freeze. Never bought a stock cube in years!  :&>
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: Birdie Wife on January 06, 2010, 04:14:04 pm
Grate it finely and put it in chocolate cake mix  ;)

trust me  8)
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: marigold on January 06, 2010, 08:28:38 pm
Grate it finely and put it in chocolate cake mix  ;)



What a brilliant idea.
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: northfifeduckling on January 06, 2010, 08:48:36 pm
I tasted that at a school fair, it was lovely!  :&>
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: doganjo on January 06, 2010, 10:44:12 pm
They had some at that food fair - just tasted like chocolate cake
Title: Re: very old beetroot
Post by: northfifeduckling on January 07, 2010, 10:54:16 pm
that's the one I meant, just remembered the cake, not the occasion, that's how good it was , lol
not supposed to think about food all the time, are we??  :&> :&>