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  • From: Carla Shafer <cs13 AT cornell.edu>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Off flavor in beets
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:57:13 -0500

I was visiting a colleague's farm the other day, and we taste tested some raw beets. They had a strong acid/metallic flavor, and we both immediately started coughing, and our throats were irritated for awhile afterwords. I've run into this before, but don't recollect the affect ever being quite this strong. Anybody know what causes this unpleasant quality, and how to avoid it? Is it water or heat related, or a nutrient deficiency, or what?

Carla Shafer, Farmer
Earthly Goods Farm
Tennessee


  • [Market-farming] Off flavor in beets, Carla Shafer, 07/13/2010

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