Weird white beetroot! What is it?

[Cudzoziemiec]

It looks like ordinary beetroot on the outside but cut it open and it's white with red rings. To me it smells like turnip but Mrs Cudzo reckons it smells like an ordinary beetroot - which is what it's meant to be. Anyone seen anything like it before?

[bumper]

Google chioggia

[Cudzoziemiec]

So it's a Venetian variety. Thanks! I'll reserve judgment till I've eaten it though.

[bumper]

My wife told me what it is, I'm afraid it's just a beetroot to me

It's supposed to be a little sweeter.

[SteveC]

I've grown them once or twice. We decided not to bother again as they're not particularly strong tasting. Look pretty though.

[Cudzoziemiec]

They were a bit sweeter than normal beetroot but, as SteveC says, not quite so beetrooty. I don't think they'd be much good for soup, which is probably our most common way of eating beetroot. I would avoid them in future, but only if they're labelled cos otherwise they look the same from the outside.

[bumper]

You're still with us so at least they're not poisonous

[Hillbilly]

Unicorn testes.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Unicorn testes.

Rognons blancs et rouges?

[Rhys W]

I've grown them once or twice. We decided not to bother again as they're not particularly strong tasting.

As we're talking about beetroot, this must surely be a good thing?

[rafletcher]

Unicorn testes.

Rognons blancs et rouges?

Testicule je pense (ok, it may not be grammatically correct..). Rognon is kidney.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Unicorn testes.

Rognons blancs et rouges?

Testicule je pense (ok, it may not be grammatically correct..). Rognon is kidney.

Calves' testicles are described on menus in France as rognon blancs, or so I've been told.

[Regulator]

Unicorn testes.

Rognons blancs et rouges?

Testicule je pense (ok, it may not be grammatically correct..). Rognon is kidney.

Calves' testicles are described on menus in France as rognon blancs, or so I've been told.

Rognon blanc is used to describe testicles - but I've seen it most often used to refer to sheep's rather than calves'.

[RJ]

I've grown them once or twice. We decided not to bother again as they're not particularly strong tasting. Look pretty though.

Try thinly sliced and raw, as a salad, with feta cheese (like we did yesterday); or (according to Sarah Raven) with grapefruit.

[SteveC]

I've grown them once or twice. We decided not to bother again as they're not particularly strong tasting. Look pretty though.

Try thinly sliced and raw, as a salad, with feta cheese (like we did yesterday); or (according to Sarah Raven) with grapefruit.

Hmm, that would work, and would preserve the colouring better.  (Makes note)