Anti-Ode to Beets

I am NOT a picky eater, I like most foods.  I like to try new foods. In fact the list of foods I absolutely WON’T eat is fairly short.

Foods Lynn Won’t Eat:

BEETS

That being said, here is my Anti-Ode to BEETS!

This week was my turn to host the senior ladies luncheon at our home. I take my mother in law and have been accepted as a member of this little group.  Recently one of the members lost her husband, and I have been trying to help her however I can.

When she and I were talking about the luncheon, she told me she was making me something special.  In fact, she was making the “something special” in three ways:  French, German, and Dutch.  I was kind of excited, she is a nice lady and a good cook.  I was sure it would be a yummy treat.  I asked her what it was.  She said a surprise.  Again I was not worried.

She came in that day with three covered dishes.  She was setting them out on the counter as I was finishing some other things in the kitchen.  Another lady asked her what she had brought.  Her answer,

“I made something special for Lynn–three ways, I made her French, German and Dutch Beets.”

“No, Oh crap,” and “Get those out of here!” all went through my mind along with, “Uh oh, I don’t eat beets.”

In fact I have not eaten beets for about 30 years by choice.  “Wait,” I think, “Maybe she said beans or peas and I just didn’t hear her correctly.”

I turn around and there they are: beets–three dishes of them in my own house.

What to do?  What to do?  I couldn’t do anything!  I sat by my friend and ate beets three ways.  She asked which I liked the best.  I replied truthfully,

“I liked them all the same.”

Turns out French, German or Dutch–they are still yucky to me!

A toast:  Here’s to the next 30-plus years beet free!