Who eats beets? / myLot

Midland, Michigan

July 18, 2021 8:46am CST

My mom canned pickled beets back in the day which I enjoyed as a side dish. Now I but then periodically in the store but I wonder whether the picking process actually removed the vitamin content. Does anyone know? I rarely buy them anymore for that reason but I still like them so for some yesterday and had some for an after dinner snack.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (51145)

• United States

18 Jul 21

I like beets. I enjoy them several different ways. I like them in salad too.

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Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

18 Jul 21

I like a good beet soup

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

18 Jul 21

@marlina I've never had beet soup before. But glad you like that. Is that the only way you eat them?

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

18 Jul 21

Never cared for beets.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

18 Jul 21

Not even the pickled variety? They're supposed to be very good for us but I don't know how they get cooked to get the best benefits.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

18 Jul 21

@MarshaMusselman Nope, cannot tolerate the taste.

Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

18 Jul 21

I love beets and eat them in different forms

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

18 Jul 21

So you buy them ready to eat or do you cook them yourself?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472439)

• Switzerland

18 Jul 21

I like beets but I cannot eat beets because I am prone to kidney stones. My doctor recommended not to eat beets.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472439)

• Switzerland

19 Jul 21

@MarshaMusselman I did not know either, but the second time I had to go to the ER due to the pain from kidney stones they asked me if I used to eat beets and they told me to stop immediately.

Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

18 Jul 21

That's too bad but at least your know. I didn't know it can affect those prime to kidney stones.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (95376)

• United States

18 Jul 21

I don't know that pickling necessarily removes all the nutrients, but I do know anything cooked or processed in some way loses SOMETHING. Either way, beets are one of those foods I never ate before I met my wife. Even at first I was not that fond of them, but over the years they have grown on me. And while I still do not eat them often, I do actually like them now. But always canned. I cannot eat fresh. Even if I cook them from fresh.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

18 Jul 21

I may one day try cooking them from fresh and pickle them myself and make sure to use the juice too as that's where many nutrients leach off to. Or I think that's correct.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

20 Jul 21

@porwest wouldn't your think it would say that then? I may have to search it or sometime or make my own

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (95376)

• United States

19 Jul 21

@MarshaMusselman I think the juice does have a lot of nutrients actually.

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Amelia Das

@Anqaya (3031)

• United States

18 Jul 21

I also like beets specially when grinded in salad.

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Notlilie

@prinzcy (32305)

• Malaysia

19 Jul 21

I never eat beet. I want to try but I don't know what to expect of the taste nor how to cook it.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

19 Jul 21

Do your stores there have any ready to eat? It's a riot vegetable but not sweet like carrots. Sugar must be used in the picking process because they are a bit sweet that way and that, pickled beets or Harvard beets are my favorites. I don't know the difference between pickled and Harvard beets though. Maybe I'll look it up later.

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prashu

@prashu228 (37521)

• India

18 Jul 21

I like them in salads...never tried pickled ones

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91187)

• Arvada, Colorado

18 Jul 21

I do they are so good for you.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38869)

• Midland, Michigan

19 Jul 21

So they say. Maybe they are better when not pickled. I don't really know. Or when's we cook them ourselves. So you buy them from the stores?

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (52051)

• Canada

18 Jul 21

I can pickled beets and I have always been told by my mother and grandmother, that they retain their healthiness thru this process. Otherwise, I would research it to find out for sure.

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