Comments on: Simple Meals: Beet Salad

By: Food Junta Hits the Road: Portland « Food Junta

Food Junta Hits the Road: Portland « Food Junta — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:46:27 +0000

[...] Ingredients: Beets (as much as you want), olive oil, salt, pepper. (See Kevin on beets here.) [...]

By: Dispatch from the Junta Idiot — Mayonnaise « Food Junta

Dispatch from the Junta Idiot — Mayonnaise « Food Junta — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:20:36 +0000

[...] … but wait a minute. Nothing too interesting? Nothing too interesting! Wash my mouth out with soap and beet salad. [...]

By: spamwise

spamwise — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:49:26 +0000

You might try Chioggia beets. Less messy than usual and sweeter, if that can be believed. Try roasting them with a splash of water in a baking dish in a 375 F oven for 45 minutes to one hour. Be sure to cover the baking dish with aluminum foil. The skins should slip right off.

Link here: http://spamwise.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/dinner-improv/

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:26:13 +0000

Tossing hot beets directly into ice water is also supposed to help loosen the skin.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:57:37 +0000

I’ve only ever boiled beets, but the skins definitely come off easily afterward. The trick is you have to rub the skin off with a paper towel. In my experience, at least, I’ve just endlessly struggled when I tried to remove them with my hands. I assume the same holds true for roasting. Not the most eco-friendly solution, but the best one I’ve found.

By: sabrina

sabrina — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:55:46 +0000

i’ve roasted beets in their skins twice like that (with EVOO, er, olive oil, and salt). they definitely take a while. a question for the junta- the recipes i have seen imply that the skin will be easy to remove once the beet is cooked. in my experience, though, the skin kind of merges with the beet, so it is hard to peel without feeling like you’re wasting precious beet. am i doing something wrong? ring a bell?

By: Drew Kime

Drew Kime — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:33:24 +0000

I hate the canned beets on the salad bar, so when I got beets on a salad at one of my favorite restaurants I nearly picked them out. Then I thought, “I’m here because I like the food, I should give it a try.” It was like a whole different food.

Next time I’m at the market I’m going to grab myself one and give it a shot. So really, an hour? That seems long. Maybe I’ll try it on the grill. It’s getting warm enough I should be pulling it out of the garage soon.

Drew
http://blog.CookLikeYourGrandmother.com