Comments on: Boiled, Smashed & Sauteed Beets with Garlic & Herbs

By: natie

natie — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:55:11 +0000

And, boy, did she Bomb! What was she thinking!!?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:02:30 +0000

“Butter is the bomb”… :)

By: Footloose

Footloose — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:58:54 +0000

Did not impinge upon my democratic sensibility at all since I thought one can be as exorbitant as one wishes as long as he/she is dreaming. But to actually consider dressing up your black female employees as Aunt Jemima (and I guess, the males as Uncle Ben) is truly ante bellum confederate and really deserving of the comeuppance that swiftly befell her and her brand.

By: rp

rp — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:17:33 +0000

#5, #8 i concur [alongside some people’s fascination w/ the Royals or Pope– it’s all so…pre-enlightenment] ;-)

By: betty q.

betty q. — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:05:19 +0000

Got a beet tip on how to smash them without soiling your clothes, MM, but still am not able to post it…tried twice! Just like you said, maybe it went to your junk folder!

The can works for baby beets…for mama beets, best to use an empty industrial size can like tomato sauce or fruit cocktail if you want them all round but still cut a sliver at the bottom so it doesn’t roll around when you are smashing it with a 750 ml. can of something.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 06:11:19 +0000

ms. Connie c…the weather has cooperated the last few months and I am now rewarded with a bumper crop of beets…different colors. st me share with you my way of smashing them without getting your clothes soiled!

I prefer to do this with baby beets. after roasting them, peel the and put 1 beet at a time in a clean empty evaporated milk can. A baby beet fits perfectly in it. Then cover with a circle of parchment paper. Smash it with the bottom of a heavy condiment bottle or a can of tomato paste. You end up with uniform sizes of smashed baby beets with no mess except in the can…

You can only smash it to a certain thickness since the evap milk can diameter only goes so far…

If you want to smash a mAma beet, best to use an industrial size empty can of tomato sauce! Use the bottom of an empty 1 litre canning jar!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:44:37 +0000

Letitia and Marie, I have a side of me that completely agrees with your sentiments… and another side that romanticizes it. I think the world evolves, and we are learning… but then again, in the Philippines, for all of democracy’s pluses, and we have theoretically been free for nearly 30 years since the Marcos dictatorship, one is hard-pressed to see the gains for 80-90% of the population. In many senses, the fuedal style persists in some sense. For the most basic example, take small to medium scale enterprises such as our restaurants. Despite paying above average wages, full benefits, etc (which many businesses simply do not do), when an emergency strikes for one of our 180+ employees, a death occurs, a college tuition is to be paid, and money is tight, etc… then staff still return to the firm to help them out, which we often do… in a frankly, totally feudal manner. And we don’t charge interest like so many loan sharks out there. And yes, inevitably they may feel a debt of gratitude… It’s more subtle than it was 100 years ago, but in a world where 80-90% seem to be living from paycheque to paycheque, it is the current reality still… not much different from say my great-grandparents time.

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:14:48 +0000

I love beets! I get excited over them actually. And I am the only one I know who screams “beets!” in excitement. Will try this !:)

By: ConnieC

ConnieC — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:02:27 +0000

Khew, rather than crush the whole beet, couldn’t crush it down to 3/4 of an inch without the beet falling apart….either my beets were to large or too mature (had to boil them for much longer than 30 minutes), and had to crush them in a straight sided bowl. Next time I will just slice them and bake in the oven with the herbs where the beets can crisp as well. I added a honey- ginger- balsamic vinegar dressing with avocado on the side and my family all enjoyed it…..and we did not even have rice or crusty bread.

Thanks MM for post. This is a keeper.

By: Leticia

Leticia — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:18:06 +0000

The corner of Brazil where I grew up is pretty close to Argentina and shares the 19th century feudal structure. Your introduction made me think of wasted human lives. ;) But that’s me, the ultimate pessimist.