Table of Contents
Foreword 5
Introduction: Beet That, Idiot 7
Beet Farming 101 8
A Beet-Worthy Kitchen 10
Breakfast
One Raw Beet 15
Beet Biscuits with Rabbit Gravy 17
Shredded Beet Porridge with Sown Wild Oats 19
No-Bake Beet Bar 21
Aunt Gertrude's Beet Gruel 23
Salads
Pickled Beet English Salad 25
Dutch Herring Salad with Beets 26
Swiss Beet Salad 28
Neapolitan Salad 29
The Beta-Brassica Pact: Beet and Cabbage Salad 30
Snacks and Sides 31
Schrute Jerky 33
Beet Fries 35
Beet Chips 37
Beet Green Chips 38
Kartoffelpuffer (German Potato Pancakes) 39
Butterbrezel 40
Beet Bread 42
Roman Beets with Raisin Wine Froth 44
Sweet and Sour Beets 45
Beet Pickles 47
Buttered Beets 48
Crimson Creamed Beets 49
Polish Cwikla 50
Sautéed Beet Greens 51
Whole Roasted Beets 53
Pickled Mangelwurzel 54
Fire Roasted Beets 56
Soups and Stews 57
Borscht 58
Russian Beet Soup 61
Beet and Beef Stew 62
Pfefferpotthast 64
Pennsylvania Pot Pie 67
Mains 69
Russian Stuffed Tongue 70
Stuffed Beets 72
Cold Poached Fish 74
Pigeons in Jelly 76
Cabbage Pie 76
Philadelphia Pepper Pot 80
Stewed Shin of Beef 82
Christmas Goose 85
Veal Loaf 87
Fried Peppers with Pork Chops 88
Spicy Fried Rattlesnake with Pickled Beets 90
Horsemeat Burger with Horseradish Mustard 92
Pork Knuckle 95
Homemade Bratwurst Filling 97
Rinderroulade 100
Sauerbraten 103
Kartoffelkloesse 106
Woodchuck in Wine 109
"Exotic" Meat Pie 111
Trout Schnitzel 114
Beet Spätzle 116
Sweets 119
Moist Chocolate-Beet Cake 120
Beet Pudding 122
Gooey Chocolate Beet Cookies 124
Beet Cinnamon Buns 126
Red Velvet Cupcakes 129
Drinks
Grandmother Gertrude's Beet Wine 133
Uncle Bert's Beet: Beer 134
Beet Vodka 136
The America 139
The Irrigation 140
Nighttime 141
The Scranton: The Real Original-Manhattan 142
About the Author 143
