Beets are Deadly Serious
15 January 2012 by Jean JohnsonFeel like a poem picture? Here are lines from Tom Robbins fleshed out with my photos.
“The beet is the most intense of vegetables.
The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent, not of passion.
Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity.
Beets are deadly serious.”
Great lines…
If you’re inspired, Cooking Beyond Measure has a recipe for roasted beets, blue cheese, winter greens, garbanzos, and toasted hazelnuts. It’s on page 116 if you want the particulars, or just rock and roll with olive oil, cider vinegar, salt, and plenty of black pepper–and if you’re vegan, just leave the cheese off….
Whatever direction you take, you’ll be eating seasonally. Letting nature take it’s course. Going with the flow.
It’s like what time of year other than winter do we need deadly serious food.
As usual, mother takes care if we let her…
One Response to “Beets are Deadly Serious”
also, as I mentioned to Julia when she emailed me on this post: if you’re short of time, just boil the beets instead of doing the oven roasting–something that requires a bit more vigilance
By Jean Johnson on Jan 17, 2012