Author Topic: very old beetroot (Read 5729 times)

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?

Padge · « **Reply #1 on:** October 06, 2009, 08:59:23 pm »

lost methinks........................very woody $:-\$ $:-\$

doganjo · « **Reply #2 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

urban farmer · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2009, 01:33:11 pm »

Thanks, guess I will put that one down to experience then!

The Chicken Lady · « **Reply #4 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!

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #5 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!

Birdie Wife · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2010, 04:14:04 pm »

Grate it finely and put it in chocolate cake mix

trust me

marigold · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2010, 08:28:38 pm »

Quote from: Birdie Wife on January 06, 2010, 04:14:04 pm

Grate it finely and put it in chocolate cake mix

What a brilliant idea.

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2010, 08:48:36 pm »

I tasted that at a school fair, it was lovely!

doganjo · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2010, 10:44:12 pm »

They had some at that food fair - just tasted like chocolate cake

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #10 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??