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[Bauglir]

Yeah, cooked beats taste much different. Softer and sweeter flavor to them, much more in line with what you'd expect hummus to have. Of course, I was being silly; y'can like what you like. Sounds like Sappho's response to beets is akin to my response to peas, for instance.

[timferius]

Oh god. Kraft Dinner with chopped up hot dog, peas, and chilli. It's chillie cheese dogs in a bowl.

[penguinofhonor]

Two eggs in baskets with bacon and melted sharp cheddar between them. I fried each egg in a basket in bacon fat.

[Orange Wizard]

What are "beets"? I have a feeling I know what they are, and we just call them something different in NZ.

[timferius]

Hmm, I always find it weird how names differ other places. Here's something I grabbed off the net for you:

Common and Other Names:

garden beet, beetroot, chard, Swiss chard, sugar beet, blood turnip, spinach beet, biet, juurikas, betteraves, rübe, biatais, barbabietola, beterraba, remolacha, betor. Commonly known as the beet in the United States. Outside the United States, beets are generally referred to as beetroot in English-speaking countries.

[Orange Wizard]

Thanks.

... and I actually like beetroot. It's nice in salads.

[timferius]

It's also a good sugar substitue in choclate cake!

[MaximumZero]

Well, given that most of the sugar on the shelves is made of beets...

[Orange Wizard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarcane

Cane accounts for 80% of sugar produced

...

most of the rest is made from sugar beets

Point taken.

[MaximumZero]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarcane

Cane accounts for 80% of sugar produced

...

most of the rest is made from sugar beets

Point taken.

Sugar beet sugar, at least up north here, is much cheaper due to production being closer.

[Orange Wizard]

I see. We get our sugar from cane farms in Australia. It's much cheaper due to production being closer.

[Cthulufaic]

Australia... closer.

This goes against everything I've learned about Australia.
Unless you are a kangaroo.

...are you?

[Sheb]

Well, the beetroots you eat and the sugar beets are different kinds of beets.

[Orange Wizard]

Australia... closer.

This goes against everything I've learned about Australia.
Unless you are a kangaroo.

...are you?

New Zealand's right next to Australia, silly.

[Sappho]

Australia... closer.

This goes against everything I've learned about Australia.
Unless you are a kangaroo.

...are you?

New Zealand's right next to Australia, silly.

Yeah, he's not a kangaroo -- he's a kiwi! : )