HG is flexible, not rigid in food opinions. HG is open to change. HG has long disliked cooked beets, finding them inappropriate when drinking red wine. Of course, HG, when young, delighted in HG’s Mom’s summer treat: Ice cold beet borscht with a scoop of sour cream (not accompanied by wine). Since then, HG has turned away all beets (Including BSK’s beet salad with goat cheese and walnuts). Last night, BSK changed HG’s mind. BSK slicked local Prince Edward Island golden beets with olive oil. Gave them a hearty dusting of salt and pepper. Barbecued them on the gas grill. Served sliced with a bit more olive oil and Aleppo pepper, they were a taste treat. Might have something to do with the PEI red earth in which, like the mineral tangy potatoes, they are are cultivated. PEI beets are not sweet. Their taste is unique and they are a pleasing accompaniment to red wine. Other changes in HG’s food preferences: Once despised turnips but now loves the tiny New Mexico turnips that are wonderful raw or roasted. Once attacked Philadelphia cheese steaks and soft pretzels with mustard as repellent. Now gobbles them up whenever in the City of Brotherly Love.
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