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originally posted by Kay Bixler:
The key is to find freshly cut sprouts still on the stalkthe tinier the better, blanch until tender, drain and saute briefly in butter, salt and pepper. If you're a wuss add some Dijon.
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Yes.
 
Ooh, scientists do know how to split hairs!

On the theme of beet soup, I must weigh in with the most horrifying dish the known world* has ever seen. It was a Polish version of borscht. It was not blended. It had chunks of beetroot, potato, and hardboiled egg, floating in a broth of beet mixed with sour cream, and a beard of dill blanketing its top.

It was the worst thing I have ever eaten. To this day, dill is anathema.

Though I love beets, especially wrapped in foil and cooked under embers as a fire dies in a fireplace.

*For some reason, I love this expression. I mean, is there any part of the world that remains unknown in our age?
 
It was the worst thing I have ever eaten. To this day, dill is anathema.

Though I love beets, especially wrapped in foil and cooked under embers as a fire dies in a fireplace.
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Jean, who in general dislikes overly aromatic herbs and spices, also dislikes dill in almost all forms. I find that, for myself, a little bit goes a very long way, especially in regard to dilly American oak. Interestingly (perhaps) Jean also loves roasted beets and right now we are feasting on a recently harvested supply.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Even in gravlax?
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Sadly, yes. Can pick it out, but tend to wonder how it had wandered in there in the first place, truth be told. Give me any other type of herb and I'm clam happy.

originally posted by MLipton:
Jean, who in general dislikes overly aromatic herbs and spices, also dislikes dill in almost all forms. I find that, for myself, a little bit goes a very long way, especially in regard to dilly American oak. Interestingly (perhaps) Jean also loves roasted beets and right now we are feasting on a recently harvested supply.
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Beet harvest! I'm jealous. Remind me to describe the earth's best dessert, which involved beet ganache and goat's milk ice cream.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Remind me to describe the earth's best dessert, which involved beet ganache and goat's milk ice cream.
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Please describe the earth's best dessert.

We just suffered through some desserts with out-of-town guests at Magnolia Bakery. I was the only one complaining about the sweetness but it seemed unseemly to go on, since I was the host afterall.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
We just suffered through some desserts with out-of-town guests at Magnolia Bakery. I was the only one complaining about the sweetness but it seemed unseemly to go on, since I was the host afterall.
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Never understood why so many lined up for those cupcakes. Seemed totally normal when I tried them.
 
I like sweet things but I must admit that I don't get the notion of standing in long lines for cupcakes of any kind. I have nothing against them, but the genre doesn't hit very high heights for me. On the other hand, I have (happily) waited in long lines for croissants and macarons.

I can't speak to the MB cupcakes (although our guests enjoyed theirs). I had the banana pudding. Not very banana. Not very pudding. Very sweet.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
I like sweet things but I must admit that I don't get the notion of standing in long lines for cupcakes of any kind. I have nothing against them, but the genre doesn't hit very high heights for me. On the other hand, I have (happily) waited in long lines for croissants and macarons.

I can't speak to the MB cupcakes (although our guests enjoyed theirs). I had the banana pudding. Not very banana. Not very pudding. Very sweet.
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Always found Amy's cupcakes to be superior; and not usually any silly lines. (Just the normal sorts.)
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Remind me to describe the earth's best dessert, which involved beet ganache and goat's milk ice cream.
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Please describe the earth's best dessert.

We just suffered through some desserts with out-of-town guests at Magnolia Bakery. I was the only one complaining about the sweetness but it seemed unseemly to go on, since I was the host afterall.
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It was something I had a year and change ago at Momofuku Ssm Bar. It was a bowl that had a thick smear of beet ganache on the side, sweet and tacky, and in the bottom of the bowl was a scoop of goat's milk ice cream, sweet and tangy, with a kind of crunchy pistachio crumble thing strewn on top. It was so. good. Each separate part was delicious, and they worked together to wondrous effect.

I went to Magnolia Bakery only once and found the cupcakes and cake subpar, worth about as much praise as something any random suburbanite could make for a bake sale.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman: a bowl that had a thick smear of beet ganache on the side, sweet and tacky, and in the bottom of the bowl was a scoop of goat's milk ice cream, sweet and tangy, with a kind of crunchy pistachio crumble thing strewn on top.
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I don't know about the earth's best dessert but that does sound pretty delicious. And beets should work better than many other vegetables because of their special sweetness. Plus of course all their other elements, including color.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
I don't know about the earth's best dessert but that does sound pretty delicious.
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Tsk, Rahsaan, I never use hyperbole.

Actually, I never* eat dessert and was highly skeptical before allowing this one to be brought. I think I was even sharing it with a couple of other people. But you know how that goes, when one's eye lights up. I protected my third with eagle-eyed, quietly stealthful watch.

*Literally.
 
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