Beets 101 - How to Select and Store Fresh Beets
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- This video covers how to select the best fresh beets and how to store them at home. It also covers how to select and store beets with greens, so you can also enjoy the greens. They're delicious!
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Many thanks for posting these tips.
Ooops, I just bought large sized beets for juicing. I bought them BEFORE watching your video. I washed, chopped and froze the beet tops for juicing.
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Hi Judi, Thank you for sharing all your knowledge with me. I have a couple questions. I am fairly new to the fresh beat world. The only experience I have with them is opening a jar of the small sweet pickled beets! lol One or both of my parents didn't like beats so I have never had any as a child and have never prepared or eaten any and I am 53!! I read online before finding your video that beats would keep well in a root cellar (dark) and in a bucket of sawdust, peat moss, etc., not touching each other. (I sure wish I had a root cellar. I do have a storm shelter in the basement that would be perfect I think as a "cellar" ...I have such fond memories of going to the cellar to get canned items, potatoes, etc. with my grandma. Except for watching out for the snakes and spiders I loved following her in there and needless to say, the outside of the cellar always made for a great game of "king of the hill" or "king of the mountain". haha... Now, from what I read online, it was suggested that vacuum packing the beet roots (with a Foodsaver, etc.) and placing them in the fridge, the beets would last longer. This made me question a few things and I would really like your expertise here: 1.) Do you think the beets would last longer if I used my foodsaver and then put those bags inside a brown paper bag inside the fridge to mimic the darkness/coolness of a cellar or would that make a difference as opposed to a clear plastic bag in the fridge? 2.) Almost same question but regarding the nutrients. Do you think the beats and greens would lose a lot more of their nutrients storing them in a clear plastic bag compared to vacuum sealing them and keeping them in a dark paper bag environment in the fridge? I primarily use the beats for juicing right now, but I intend on finding a great recipe and trying them that way. I also make a lot of homemade bone broth and need to see if the greens are something that would be tasty to add to that. 2.) What's your opinion on adding the greens to bone broth or juicing? For now, I've placed my leafy greens (the tops of the beats) into small groups on a paper towel and then rolled them and placed them inside a brown paper grocery sack and put them into the refrigerator. Do you think they would last longer/stay fresher/maintain their nutrients better if I also vacuum sealed the tops and stored them the same way, inside a brown bag in the refrigerator? Thank you for your time and responses. I look forward to reading your opinion/expertise.
Hi T-J! Thanks for watching and asking your questions! Sounds like you had a fun childhood! I appreciate your attention to details and concern about preserving the nutrients in your food! First, the refrigerator is considered to be a dark place since it is truly dark until it is opened. Since it is closed far more than it is opened, I don't think there would be a lot of nutrient loss from the light beets would be exposed to when the refrigerator is opened. So, without looking for a scientific study on that (if there even is one), I'm going to assume that either way you go (plastic with or without being in a paper bag) wouldn't make a whole lot of difference regarding nutrient retention. However, if you feel better about the beets being in complete darkness, then feel free to place them in a paper bag. If the beets were dry, then vacuumed in a Food Saver bag, it seems like they would keep very well. Personally, I have not tried storing them that way, but removing the extra air should help in preserving them, as long as they are dry and not washed first.
Yes, it is important to remove the greens first and store them separately. Wrapping them in a paper towel or cloth towel is a good move. However, placing that in a paper bag will not seal in the moisture within the leaves and they will dry up relatively quickly (since the refrigerator is a very dry environment). Rather than a paper bag, I would place the wrapped greens in a plastic bag of any sort (after first being wrapped in paper towels or a clean, dry cloth)...like a plastic grocery bag to hold the longer, larger leaves. To help them last just a bit longer, if the leaves are wet, simply wrap them in a cloth or paper towel, then place that bundle in a plastic bag and in the fridge it goes. If the leaves are dry, you could wrap them in dry paper towels or a dry cloth, then sprinkle a little water on the cloth/paper towel to give them some moisture to draw from. Otherwise they may dry out faster. Place that bundle in a plastic bag and store it in the refrigerator. Use them quickly, as they will not keep as long as the beet roots. You could try vacuum sealing the greens, but I have not done that, so I can't speak from first-hand experience on it. It seems to me that the vacuuming process would almost crush the greens. Looser packaging would avoid damaging the leaves.
I see no reason not to add the greens to whatever broth you want, or even juicing them. Why not? They will only add a lot of nutrients to whatever liquid they are added to (broth, soup, or freshly pressed juice). Regarding how beet greens can be used...simply like you would use any other deep leafy green like kale, collards, mustard greens, broccoli greens, cauliflower greens, Swiss chard, etc. Cooked/boiled, raw, steamed, sauteed, juiced...any way will do! Enjoy them any way you want. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching. Best wishes to you and yours :)
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so i take it theres no actuall way to store them for months like you can with potatoes. thats unfortunate.
I haven't tried it, but I just read that if you have a root cellar (of course, that is VERY cool), they can be kept in a bucket of moist (not wet) sand, peat moss, or saw dust, loosely covered for up to 3 months. The top of the bucket should have at least 2 inches of the packing material on top of the beets. They should not touch each other in the bucket. I have not read where they can be stored longer than that. These storage tips are intended for freshly harvested beets, not necessarily ones from the grocery store (since we don't know how long them have been harvested, which would affect their storage life). I hope this helps! Thanks for watching :)
Cleaned and de leafed in a grocery bag in the fridge veggie drawer, seems to last a few months ok.
Stores well enough in the garden too.