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With which of these statements do you agree (tick as many that apply)?

Blackcurrant is better than grape
11 (18%)
Grape is better than blackcurrant
27 (44.3%)
Blackcurrant and grape are equals
2 (3.3%)
US beets & UK beetroot (fresh, not pickled) taste the same
11 (18%)
US beets & UK beets taste different
3 (4.9%)
I don't care about any of the above as long as it's purple I'm happy.
7 (11.5%)

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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2007, 09:09:55 PM »
Quote from: Courtney on June 01, 2007, 09:07:09 PM
I've honestly never tried beetroot. Not sure I really want to.  :-\\\\

No!  Beetroot is really nice!
Im not keen on the pickled stuff, but the cooked stuff is magic!
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2007, 09:12:10 PM »
Beetroot roasted with parsnips and a little balsamic vinegar is to DIE for.
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2007, 09:13:01 PM »
Quote from: FunGirl on June 01, 2007, 09:12:10 PM
Beetroot roasted with parsnips and a little balsamic vinegar is to DIE for.

Does it turn the parsnips PURPLE?
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2007, 09:13:22 PM »
Quote from: Q-G on June 01, 2007, 09:09:55 PM
No!  Beetroot is really nice!
Im not keen on the pickled stuff, but the cooked stuff is magic!

I like the pickled stuff, but then I have not tried it the other way.


Quote from: FunGirl on June 01, 2007, 09:12:10 PM
Beetroot roasted with parsnips and a little balsamic vinegar is to DIE for.

YUM!
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2007, 09:14:53 PM »
I quite like blackcurrant.  Beet root, hmm, not sure I've had it, but, if it is purple..... ;D
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2007, 09:15:15 PM »
Quote from: Q-G on June 01, 2007, 09:13:01 PM
Does it turn the parsnips PURPLE?

It turns EVERYTHING PURPLE! :D
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2007, 09:18:46 PM »
You've got me revved up about beetroot now!
Im going to buy some tomorrow... i dont buy it very often, as my Sainsburys puts it in a funny place and if i dont see it, i dont really think about it.

But im thinking about it now!!  ;D
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2007, 09:30:44 PM »
What about fresh beetroot? Osterley Farm market has it but I always walk right by. Wouldn't even know where to start.  :-[
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2007, 09:32:01 PM »
Quote from: Q-G on June 01, 2007, 09:18:46 PM
You've got me revved up about beetroot now!
Im going to buy some tomorrow... i dont buy it very often, as my Sainsburys puts it in a funny place and if i dont see it, i dont really think about it.

But im thinking about it now!!  ;D

Revved up and beetroot, two words, you would not ever think to put together :P

(But now I am too!)
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2007, 09:38:50 PM »
You see...I love beetroot! (my friend Sally makes a fantastic chocolate cake with beetroot in it) and I love purple stuff in general. I adore Vimto (when I had my son, I ate only kit kats and vimto for about 8 weeks and I was a milking machine) but blackcurrant just is not nice. Its too sickly sweet.

Tonight I gave Noah some blackcurrant flavoured Tixylix cough stuff before bed and even HE turned up his nose at it. Yuck. blackcurrant is now banned from our house!!!
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #25 on: June 01, 2007, 09:46:51 PM »
I've never had beetroot, but I've had blackcurrant jelly before and liked that.
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #26 on: June 01, 2007, 09:54:47 PM »
Quote from: Courtney on June 01, 2007, 09:30:44 PM
What about fresh beetroot? Osterley Farm market has it but I always walk right by. Wouldn't even know where to start.  :-[

You just peel it and then cook it!
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2007, 10:02:45 PM »
I adore both beetroot and black currant. Except not together. Maybe. Come to think of it, I've never tried them together! Sautéed beetroot with a black currant purée, perhaps?  ;)
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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #28 on: June 01, 2007, 10:08:28 PM »
My favorite purple thing to consume is a gorgeous, full-bodied cabernet -  rich and purply-red.

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Re: Whats up with blackcurrant
« Reply #29 on: June 01, 2007, 10:30:45 PM »
Quote from: Pebbles on June 01, 2007, 09:09:00 PM
I also can't stand the taste or smell of it!!

beetroot or blackcurrant?
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