Where to purchase sugar beets in north eastern USA, and how do you prepare them?

Question

need to know-------diff from red.

Answer 1

I don't know where you get them from your part of the country, but we grow them out here where I live. Do you really want to cook them? I think not, they are not good to eat, they are raised to make sugar, and they are really yucky. Look like giant potaotes or huge turnips, not for a side or main dish.

Answer 2

Like the folks said, they're grown to make sugar. They are added to canned and pickled beets some times for sweetness but they tend to be tough themselves, also not much flavor. Golden beets are more readily available now than they used to be. Maybe that's what you are after. They are treated just like red beets. Nice thing is they don't stain your hands and clothes.

Answer 3

Are you looking for them to go along with the Omega 3 fatty acids? As a source of nutrients? I have been researching this also if this is what you are wanting info on this food for. Please let me know and maybe we can find out together. I dont beleive they are consumable as far as being eaten like a "beet" we eat. They have been researching their use with Omega 3's to help depression. Any other info would be great! I am also very interested in finding out what other way this food can be consumed.

Answer 4

I've never seen them offered retail. They're not good for eating.


They're used exclusively to make sugar. They're *big*, ugly, white and lumpy.
http://www.fotosearch.com/AGE021/g92-330865/


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/31/FD91867.DTL


You may be talking about a variety of beets that are not red, but are meant for human consumption, but real sugar beets are not.


http://www.favoritebrandrecipes.com/Ecguide/ECGhtml/66235.htm - note that this article says "The sugar beet, rarely eaten, is processed for sugar."


I've tried to eat them - they're kinda nasty. At least raw, anyway. :o)

Answer 5

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