Fun fact: I learned to love beets as an adult because i was starving and they were served to me on a plane. I was all like, "Here goes nothing." Then I was all like, "Where have you been all my life!"

I've grown beets as microgreens instead of as root veggies. They taste amazing with a bit of balsamic vinegar.

Great, as always; I love this series! Thank you. Whole beets only take 20 minutes in the instant pot. They peel beautifully afterwards, and the pot just rinses out - no staining, and no mess. It certainly ‘beets’ all other methods of cooking.

I'm somewhat chagrined that you took all of the good puns and I'm left here commenting without one. Guess I'll have to dig deep and go back to my roots. signed, Not a Beet Hater

I love beets. It’s a staple of russian dishes- “vinegret salad”, borsch, “fish in a coat” are just some of it.

Beets are my freaking favorite vegetable. I strongly believe that it’s because I used to have anemia as a baby lol and to this day I still have low iron. My mom makes it with olive oil, lime juice, and parsley. Yummmm!

There really should've been a picture of Dwight and Mose on the wall in the background.

in Iran cooked beets are a famous street food. people bake or steam peeled beets with a lot of sugar in their carts and then put them in a skewer or just chopped in a plate it's a nice sweet treat to eat specially in cold winter!

The “smell” of dry earth and rain is named, “Petrichor”

Dan, I figured you would have found that beets and Swiss chard (aka silverbeet) are the same species, _Beta vulgaris_. They were just selected for different traits, root versus leaves, respectively, which is why beet leaves can be used in place of Swiss chard. Thanks for highlighting beets, as well as for all other your other ingredient deep dive videos.

“The beet is the most intense of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity. Beets are deadly serious. Slavic peoples get their physical characteristics from potatoes, their smoldering inquietude from radishes, their seriousness from beets. The beet is the melancholy vegetable, the one most willing to suffer. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip... The beet is the murderer returned to the scene of the crime. The beet is what happens when the cherry finishes with the carrot. The beet is the ancient ancestor of the autumn moon, bearded, buried, all but fossilized; the dark green sails of the grounded moon-boat stitched with veins of primordial plasma; the kite string that once connected the moon to the Earth now a muddy whisker drilling desperately for rubies. The beet was Rasputin's favorite vegetable. You could see it in his eyes.” - Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

These Dan videos always make my day. Dan hype!

Just like EVERYBODY at America's Test Kitchen, Dan, you are one of my top favorites. (Ok, well, EVERYBODY there is "one of my top favorites", but, whatever...it's the truth!) I love getting SCIENTIFIC information as well as cooking info and techniques, so I'm always "schooled" very well by everything you present. Even when I already know a lot about a subject, I ALWAYS learn something new and useful. "Oh Danny Boy, the pots, the pots are calling . . ." (sorry, couldn't hep maseff!), we love you soooooo!!!! THANKS FOR BEING YOU AND GIVING US ALL THE CHUCKLES ALONG WITH THE FANTASTIC INFORMATION! . . . Love and hugs, Daryl. PS: I ADORE dogs, but don't usually like "little" dogs NEARLY as much as big ones. HOWEVER, YOURS is absolutely adorable!!!

What's Beeting Dan?

Use an instant pot and beets are cooked perfectly in 30 minutes. Slide their skin off under cold water and you're done. Turn them into a soup with a white sour cream heart on top and voila, Valentine's Day in a bowl.

Dan's in a mood today 😅

5:35 How about I carve the beets into a heart shape and call it Heart Beets? Well, jokes on me; I'm missing the loved one to make it for :)

4:13 Gosh, I wish I had a job that allowed me to "kick back in the middle of a long workday with a Negroni"...

You can always go for beets the "Dutch" way. Cook them until they are tender....like you said...about an hour. Then peel and slice thin. In a saucepan combine; 2 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar, 2 tbsp of sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/8 tsp of ground nutmeg and 1 small finely diced onion. Melt the butter and make sure everything is combined. Then put the sliced beets in the mixture and warm them through and slowly simmer for 15 mins. I bet even the kids will like those beets. 😉

I absolutely love this video...and the love you show towards beets. I have become an obsessed beet fan recently (hated them for over 30 years). Now, I look for them on the menu every time I’m out. But I also make them at home (the 1 hour wait is worth it!). Beets are simply delicious and there’s something oddly comforting about them. Great video!

I guess I'm super weird. Grew up in Lancaster County, PA (yes, Amish and Mennonite area) and pickled red beets were super common. Which I adored as a kid. Like pickles but stained you pink and tasted a ton sweeter? Hell yes.

Thanks, I used the gist of the cooking method for the salad to get a great result. Gold and red beets cooked with an onion are soooo tasty. I appreciate your work!

0:11 “okay, I’m done [‘beet’ing a dead horse], let’s talk about beets”

As fabulous as they are roasted, boiled with their skins on they shed 'em like overcoats in the Spring.....AND they don't get even remotely mushy! I think of beets like Bubba thinks of Shrimp.....'boiled, broiled or roasted, fried, sauteed or braised' and on and on and on. Beets, it's what's for dinner.

Bears... beets... battlestar galactica

Hey way to cut to the root of the issue Dan!

Before the invention of Red dye 40, beets were crushed or juiced and used to make in red velvet cakes in the south. Beet that!

Show your sweetie you love them........make them some Harvard Beets

My fav way to eat beets is to make them into a beet curry ( very popular in Sri lanka, where my parents come from), it doesn't take very long to make. The curry is warm from a special blend of spices used for the curry power goes really well with the earthy ( Geosmin?lol) flavor of the beets, finished off with a touch of coconut milk in the end to bring a little creamy sweet taste really brings out the sweetness of the beets.. my mouth is watering as i write this. When i make a pot of beet curry, with the cooked greens on the side with some warm rice, i'm in heaven! Hope you give it a try, happy to share the recipe, perfect for the fall!

Puppy posing. Gotta love that. Well that and the video. Just can't beet that.

I ate beets when growing up, but have not eaten much of them since then. I love the taste of them

I like beets. My Granny grew them . She would roast them or boil them and serve them with butter and salt. So darn good.

Last night I minced some beets fairly small and put on a pizza I was baking. I like it, and seems to work well with the other toppings.

I'd just like to suggest that people try beet risotto, it looks as good as it tastes. A little goat cheese on top and it's just gorgeous.

I have loved beets my whole life (I'm 52). My aunt used to make me a tossed salad with beets (nothing fancy) and made the dressing using Marzetti slaw dressing or Miracle Whip, ketchup, and beet juice. I LOVED this salad and its dressing.

To cook beets until they are soft throughout, I place them, unpeeled, into a glass casserole dish, add a half inch of water, cover, and bake at 365F for an hour (a bit longer if they're really big). Perfect every time, and the skins just slip off. So easy and mess free.

Dan is so cute, I love his videos.

According to Cook’s Illustrated, one of the best methods to cook and tenderize beets is by peeling and cutting them into chunks before microwaving them for about just 20 minutes. Then they’re ready for whatever you need them for.

Is it just me that thoroughly enjoys towards the end of every video where Dan says "..and that is how to eat.." chomping away and chewing? He KNOWS how to savor every bite.

Pressure cook those beets! It'll take a lot less energy than running your microwave that long and they'll cook evenly even if whole!

Aww, he's such nerd and I love it!

Here on Australia, pickled beets are often placed in burgers. It's surprisingly good!

Roasted sliced beets with crumbled bleu cheese and thinly sliced red onion is heaven on a plate.

Love these. Hope you are still making them. Thank you.

Years ago I tried some kind of pickled beet that was sweet, and had cinnamon and clove and nutmeg in it. It was delicious.

My son loved beets so much as a toddler, my Mother (his Grandmother) got him a tee-shirt that read "I ♥ Beets!", which was severely stained with beet juice over the next year. Ah, the memories.

I like to grate a little beet into my marinara. Makes the color uncomfortably red and adds sweetness.

Thank you Dan!!!!

As a kid I used to drink a carrot/beet/orange juice. It was absolutely delicious! It's been years since I've had it... I'll have to make some this week 😋

Dan: you're hilarious! Thanks for sharing! Hello from Logan Square, Chicago.

Beet it. Just beet it.

I just found, enjoyed and subscribed to your KZfaq. This morning I harvested white beats, and collard greens, from my organic vegetable raised beds here in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.. I have an explosion of roquette and other goodies that I would enjoy sharing with you if you were close by? I am 78 years old, and may even ask you to help weeding. Warm regards, David

So good. Thanks Dan and co.! Always super interesting, informative and very witty. Love it

Simple microwaved beet wedges in orange juice and balsamic are also YUM

I LOVE beets. There. I've said it. Cubed and steamed, pickled or roasted I have love them since I first sunk my teeth into them as a child. I'm nearing the age of official geezerhood now too.

I adore them pickled. A pressure cooker makes all the difference.

Fantastic writing. 👏

We loved to grow beets in our garden because there was little to no waste. We ate the greens and the beets served the same way, salt, pepper, butter, and a splash of vinegar. This video makes me drool for beets. It just so happens I have a nice container in the freezer. I'm going down to pull them out now. I also pickled some beets to try and make a habanero/beet hot sauce.

I love the name of Dan's upcoming memoir lol!!

Now you gotta go back over beets for Borscht recipe. I was here for the borscht.

Beet yogurt dip, thank you Australia 🇦🇺

This is beautiful! Published on Valentine’s Day because beets are red. I was actually considering making my boyfriend a meal full of red and pink colors (beets included)

I was never able to enjoy beets as a child. Finally, in my 40's, I attended a dinner in Anchorage where the host served beets that I liked. Now, with your touting of them, I'm resolved to try some on my own. Thanks for the fun, Dan.

It is time to binge watch What's Eating Dan because I am alone on valentines day!

We eat beets a few times a week. I’ve found that slicing or dicing them and sautéing them is fabulous.

That memoir book killed me 🤣

I love Dan's videos

Definitely not a beet hater. Grew up on them. And the stuff you concocted today is awesome; it simply cannot be beet ! I do have puppy envy though: I mean, geez, a Valentine’s kiss to Dan. Great episode !! You’re the best !!!!

You really beet everyone to the punch on beet puns!

in the past my mom would take beets, cut them into heart shapes and sautee them with butter, salt and pepper for valentine's day

Scrub the outside. Then slice to about 1/4 of an inch. Cook till tender in a hot iron skillet with minimal oil. Delicious.

I can my own beets. Love them any way I can get them. I'm not into all that frufru nonsense of prepping sauces etc. One of my FAVORITE ways to eat beets is take a jar of beets, drain them, chop finely or small dice, mix in mayo, horseradish, salt and pepper, toss/mix, refrigerate few hours or heck eat right away.

Instant Pot beets, IMHO, are better and faster. Small beets cook in as little as five minutes. If I'm making pickled watermelon rind in the summer and have extra pickling juice leftover, beets are great in that. Oh, do I love beets!

Cubed beet in pork bone broth. Yum! Make it into rice porridge.... omg heaven.

thank you i ❤ beets, and will make the salad! love your series also. i learn a lot. appreciate it!

He's so adorable, and the dog is too.

You guys are the best.

Wait isn't the pickling liquid salty? How do you make panna cotta? Also-- my favorite beet recipe: shaved fennel, beets, avocado, ricotta insalata, shallot, lemon, oil. Yum

Grow white sugar beets or red monster mangels. Can still use the large beet greens for salads and pickled/vinagrette salads. Mandolin slice into long and large slices. Bake for beet steaks - sugary sweet. Goes well with your real steak meal. Even shredding and making into a sweet beet and greens salad. Very healthy.

I’m a major Dan stan

Geosmin (tertiary alcohol) turns into scentless molecules under acidic conditions??? Hope my organic chemistry class is ready to propose some mechanisms!

Beats are awesome!

You can speed up the cooking by using a pressure cooker. I use the recipe by Lorna Sass in her "Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure" cookbook to make delicious borscht. Not the awful Mother's brand borscht you can drink from the jar, but real, rich borscht with Yukon gold potatoes, leek, carrot, savoy cabbage, fresh herbs, lemon zest, topped with Greek yogurt. Throw in whatever strikes your fancy. And I don't have one of those fancy insta-things, either: I've been using the same Presto 6-qt jiggletop pressure cooker since 1972.

Dan, I just want you to know that literally 5 days ago, I held my Beet leaves up in the Zoom camera and asked my friends if they bared any resemblance to swiss chard like I thought they did. Everybody looked at me like I was crazy, which I understood, cuz it got a weird type of nerdy mundane for a moment there. But now I feel validated. Thank you.

Oh! How I love beats. I just finished a bowl of building beats with beef stew now😂😂😂😂. Delicious 👌

I love beats, going to try your Recipes they look yummy

Wow this episode looks amazing! The beet salad looks delicious too

Too cute !! The puppy and Dan 😍

i love roasted beets (tossed in olive oil) with crumbled bleu cheese and chopped walnuts. yum!

Dan, love your series. How do you remove beet stains? The reason I avoid fresh beets is because the staining is so difficult.

Thank you for explaining why I hate beets. Like mushrooms, which I also hate, they taste like dirt ... and apparently for good reason. Now, please explain why I love the artichoke heart that I get to from eating a prepared artichoke, but think frozen or canned artichokes are awful.

beet borscht is my favorite way to eat beets

Dan is having an attitude in this episode. I am for it.

I say there's no wrong way to eat beets. I like them roasted, boiled, steamed, shredded or "spiralized" and served raw on a salad, as micro greens, sliced thin and caramelized in a dry cast iron skillet. BTW, I have roasted candy cane beets and they didn't turn pink. There was some "bleeding" but they were clearly striped still. Only if I roasted them with red beets was that a problem.

Really great post! 👍🏻 thanks

My botany professor, Dr. Irwin Spear, loved to say, "I could eat beets 'til I borscht!"

I love petricor. Eating beets satisfies the lump I get in my throat when it rains.

Lots of info about sugar in beets. I’d like to know about light and dark muscovado sugar ( from the Mauritius Islands!) and pomegranate molasses; how they’re made, and how to use them in cooking, please. Love your show, lots of fun to watch!

Best episode ever....and there was a cute pup to boot....

Any suggestions on how to cook beets from my garden, I’ve never eaten a beet in my life so looking for the best 1st experience possible. Got the beet seeds as a gift from work.