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Morning All. Has anyone successfully frozen boiled beetroot.
We grow and eat alot of boiled beetroot, but sometimes find we have to give it away, because we have a glut. I freeze many things, but have never done so with boiled beetroot. If you have, what was it like when defrosted, and was it only fit to eat warmed up,as a vegetable, or can you use it in the normal way.
Many Thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

Morning Julia.... just googled it... and it seems you can freeze it!! lol

http://www.cookuk.co.uk/techniques/FreezeVegetables.htm

Good luck!!

Love

Daff xxxxx

I don't know about freezing but my mum use to pickle it

Hi Daff, will have a look at this in a while, just setting a few fruit pips, for the novelty. Many Thanks
TootyFruity, I used to pickle it, but found it lost its colour after a while, but thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

hi Amanda, we posted at the same time. I have done something similar with beetroot before, but I wanted to do with a mammoth crop. We have an allotment, so get inundated with it.
Many Thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

i used to make beetroot wine with it when we had an allotment . used to make a Rose colour and didnt taste of beetroot !! Parsnip wine is nice too !1

Just a thought. You could set up a stall and sell some of the produce. At least that way you will make something towards the seeds for the next year.

Recipes for beetroot and chocolate cake online.
They look good, but I don't know if they'd freeze OK?

Gwyn

Thanks all for your replies. I have looked at the web site suggested by Daff, and it looks good.
What I really need to know is, what is it like when defrosted. Is it suitable to put on sandwiches or have in salad, as you would normally eat it, or is it only suitable to warm through and have as a vegetable
Many Thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

Edited to say, I heard a lady on our local radio the other day, telling how from her kitchen she had turned something into a big business. It was Red Pepper Jelly.
Tomorrow I am going to a Camping Exhibition, and it is at a place that sells her product. So, I'll buy a jar and test it out.

Froze some a while ago,but it was squishy upon being thawed and it bled a lot,so I mixed it up with some mash to eat hot(micro-wave)--look nothing special,tasted good,however,but I'm not easily put off by the way things look,wouldn't weigh what I do otherwise!
Ann(in Brussels)

You can tell I haven't much to do.... I just found these Fun Facts about beetroot.... It really is a power food, you know!!

1. Nature’s Viagra – One of the earliest known benefits of beetroot is its use as an aphrodisiac during the Roman times. And it wasn’t all folklore as it has been found to contain high amounts of boron, which is directly related to the production of human sex hormones.
2. Getting in the mood - Beetroot contains betaine, a substance that relaxes the mind and is used in other forms to treat depression. It also contains trytophan which is also found in chocolate and contributes to a sense of well being.
3. Getting in a jam - The red pigment in beetroot is used to colour strawberry jam as well as to improve the colour of tomato paste, sauces and strawberry ice cream.
4. Food of love - The Lupanare, the official brothel of Pompeii, which still stands despite the best efforts of Vesuvius in 79AD, has its walls adorned with pictures of beetroots.
5. Healing power - Hippocrates advocated the use of beet leaves as binding for wounds.
6. Beware garlic - Platina recommended taking beetroot with garlic to nullify the effects of 'garlic-breath'.
7. The commander’s code - Field Marshal Montgomery, an army commander in WWII, is reputed to have exhorted his troops to 'take favours in the beetroot fields', a euphemism for visiting prostitutes
8. Rags to riches - Sir Alan Sugar of Apprentice fame demonstrated early entrepreneurial flair when, while at school, he got a job boiling beetroots for the local greengrocer.
9. Litmus test - You can use beetroot juice to measure acidity. When added to an acidic solution it turns pink, but when it is added to an alkali it turns yellow.
10. Potent like horseradish - The Oracle at Delphi claimed that beetroot was second only in mystical potency to horseradish, and that it was worth its weight in silver.
11. Everlasting love - In many cultures the belief persists that if a man and a woman eat from the same beetroot then they will fall in love.
12. Head and shoulders - If you boil beetroots in water and then massage the water into your scalp each night, it works as an effective cure for dandruff.
13. Out of this world - In 1975, during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, cosmonauts from the USSR’s Soyuz 19 welcomed the Apollo 18 astronauts by preparing a banquet of borscht (beetroot soup) in zero gravity.
14. Wonders of the world - Around 800 BC, an Assyrian text describes beets growing in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient world.
15. Turning heads - Since the 16th century, beet juice has been used as a natural red dye. The Victorians used beetroot to dye their hair.
16. Bottoms up – Beetroot can be made into a wine that tastes similar to port .
17. Vanish - Beetroot is a water-soluble dye, and hot water seems to 'fix' the colour stain more, so use lukewarm or cold water to avoid staining. To cure the inevitable 'pink fingers', rub with lemon juice and salt before washing with soap and water. On fabrics, try rubbing a slice of raw pear on the stain before washing, or rinse in cold water before washing in a biological powder.
18. Beetroot burgers – In Australia, a true Oz-style burger must have a slice or two of beetroot. Even McDonalds and Burger King have had to toe the line and include it in their menus.
19. A diet for cricketers – The Beetroot Diet involves followers eating beetroot three times a day, alongside other vegetables and whole foods. The Warwickshire County Cricket Club adopted the Beetroot Diet in 2004 and won the county championship that season!
20. Record breakers - The world's heaviest beetroot weighed 23.4kg (51.48lb) and was grown by Ian Neale from Somerset in 2001.
21. Sugar rush - Beetroot has one of the highest sugar contents of any vegetable. Up to 10 per cent of beetroot is sugar, but it is released slowly into the body rather than the sudden rush that results from eating chocolate.
22. Messy business - The Elizabethans prepared beetroot by wiping it with fresh dung before cooking it.
23. Darling buds of May - Catherine Zeta Jones is reported to have become addicted to beetroot after eating it while pregnant with her two children.


Love

Daff xxxxxxx

Daffy Babes, I knew I could rely on you to find a s*x**l connotation to beetroot.
Off to get ready for my 'early doors' evening meal. You know what I mean, chips with everything>!!!! Whatever happened to fine dining. Nothing to get dressed up for and make an effort these days.
Still, it saves me cooking toninght. Then I will be back in time to see your beloved on the box, doing his bit. Then slow, long, very watered down brandy, bed and a book.. Exciting innit, when you get older. LOLOL
Have a good evening.
Julia in Derbyshire

wmsl.... enjoy your evening, Julia!!

Love

Daff xxxx