The Wednesday morning farmer's market is great for mid-week restocking, but it's nothing compared to the lush piles of produce available on Saturdays. I stopped by this morning to pick up the usual stuff (though August's bounty should hardly be deemed 'usual'). What I got instead was Mother Nature putting on a show. Only two days ago I read about beets like these, and there they were, looking like purple tree trunks with their distinctive rings.
Normally I cube beets. They are easier to eat that way, and no matter how I love the color, I don't want beet splotches on all my clothes. But tonight I sliced the beets. With their concentric circles, they were begging for it. Like Michaelangelo claiming his chisel only revealed the figure already lying in the stone, my knife and I did the same with the beets. I was a kitchen Michaelangelo for the evening.
Vegetables are gorgeous, and no one quilts them like Ruth McDowell. I bought this book before I learned to quilt, just to look at her work. You can search the book at amazon. It's out of print, but used copies are available.
The Wednesday morning farmer's market is great for mid-week restocking, but it's nothing compared to the lush piles of produce available on Saturdays. I stopped by this morning to pick up the usual stuff (though August's bounty should hardly be deemed 'usual'). What I got instead was Mother Nature putting on a show. Only two days ago I read about beets like these, and there they were, looking like purple tree trunks with their distinctive rings.
Normally I cube beets. They are easier to eat that way, and no matter how I love the color, I don't want beet splotches on all my clothes. But tonight I sliced the beets. With their concentric circles, they were begging for it. Like Michaelangelo claiming his chisel only revealed the figure already lying in the stone, my knife and I did the same with the beets. I was a kitchen Michaelangelo for the evening.
15 comments:
Those beets are incredible!! I think we'll head down to the farmer's market on Saturday as I crave a nice beet salad after seeing your post!
Those beets make me crave beet borscht.
I don't like to eat beets but these sure are pretty to look at! Art can be found anywhere you look, even in food!
I was thinking how beautiful fabric would be in that color with a print just like that. Not to mention that they look good enough to eat! LOL
Mmmm! Fresh beets are sooo good. Fresh veggies period are good. I can't think of one that I don't like.
I don't care for the flavor of beets so I never would have seen this type if you hadn't shown it.
Since beet juice stains so much, would it dye fabric?
I had the same thought as Wanda: could you dye fabric with beet juice??
Those rings are amazing. I had no idea beets grew that big!
WOW! those beets are cool. The rings are amazing.
I have that book, I have never made anything from it, but it is just nice to look at!!
I love beets of all colors -- have you tried roasting them? They're also pretty easy to grow, and I just picked the last of mine. And -- that's a great book! My sister bought it for me when I had just started quilting, and then I took a class at a LQS to learn the technique. I think I posted photos of some of my veggies on my blog a while back...
these are gorgeous. Love the color of beets and this is just that much wilder. Happy Birthday!
Beautiful beets! Did you email me some? :)
who knew beets could be so beautiful. i have some kona cotton that is just that color!
Gorgeous beets! I tried growing some kind of beets like that one year. Only got a few but they were fun. I'd probably better stick to buying beets or quilting them. ;-)
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