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I Love Beetroot

And I’m not The Only One ...

Beetroot growing in our Yorkshire allotment


As you’ll see the beetroot we planted earlier this year is still growing strong ...


I’m really looking forward to when it’s ready to pick and the distinctive red stained hands as I boil, peel and grate my why through pounds of beetroot ...


As I was wandering the web looking for new beetroot recipes (a bit of pre crop anticipation) I fell upon this wonderful site packed full of beetroot facts and figures ... makes me think whatever subject you’re looking for someone will have created a site dedicated to it!


Lovebeetroot.co.uk is packed full of useful (and useless) information all packed together in a site that is a feast to the eyes ...

website dedicated to beetroot, beetroot facts and figures

Did you know that the red pigment in beetroot is used to colour strawberry jam?

That the Victorians used beetroot to dye their hair (no blue rinses then)?

That you can make wine (similar to port) using beetroot?

Posted by Greenhouse Girl at 08:45 PM on

COMMENTS

strawberries make the jam red not beetroot

Posted by: emily at March 9, 2007 02:56 PM

How do you use beetroot to colour hair, and what colour would it become...red, pink, purple? On grey hair? Thanks

Posted by: jenny at March 13, 2007 07:51 PM

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