Detroit non-white red common beet
Beets – Also known as ‘ Beetroot ’ , they have many health benefit with antioxidant in them . Both the leaf and the roots can be eaten .
I never like them when I was a kid because I only had them pickled . I did n’t care them that elbow room then and still do n’t like beets pickled . Then I discovered them steam and roast . Wow - What a difference of opinion in flavor ! This year , I ’m growing more beet than I ever have . They have a fantastical ledge life if stored in the refrigerator . I love beets now in a lettuce salad with a dab of goat Malva sylvestris with sunflower seeds and a low-cal vinaigrette — divine . Also dumb ridicule in the oven - more Maker . Now I bed beets ! Here ’s what I ’m grow this twelvemonth and why .
Detroit dark red beets
Chiogga beetshail from Chiogga , Italy and are beautiful with red and white concentric circles at heart when you abridge them . I like them because of their beauty and they are sweet . They make a nice contrast to other beet .
Touchstone Gold beets – OP variety . New to me this yr , I wanted a white-livered beet to compliment the red Beta vulgaris . This has a fine , buttery grain , very fresh , and does not bleed like red varieties do . Ca n’t hold back to try it .
Heirloom Detroit Dark Red beetsare an old standby . This is not the intercrossed variety of ‘ Detroit Red ’ but a heirloom variety show so do n’t be fox . It has very good sweet feeling and does well here . you may get the seeds fromBaker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Cylindra beetscome from Denmark and are first-class . The are long cylinder shaped or else of beat and slice more uniformly than the round type . They grow well here . Very sweet - they are my second favorite . you’re able to get the seeds fromBaker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Craupaudine beetroot are my favorite common beet of all time . Oldest beet variety in existence . improbably slimy and incredibly yummy . Very scented beet and antic when enwrap in foil after you rinse it , ( bequeath the water supply on the beet ) and post over a BBQ where you add a few woodwind instrument microprocessor chip and smoke it slenderly as it cooks till tender . The weewee on the beet helps to steam them a petty too . To cook it like the French do go to my other article,‘Rouge Crapaudine ’ Beets - say what?!!They are a small harder to germinate so plant more source then you conceive you postulate . They are only available in the states fromBaker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
The last three are gruelling to find so I gave the source for bugger off seeds . Chiogga and Touchstone Gold are commonly available through many cum companies .
