Is beetroot a new trend? Really?!
I simply can't fathom how a bright red vegetable (is it a vegetable?) is a new fad. My best friend's mother (tina) bought a blender, blending everything in sight and making juice out of it and then claiming them to be 'healthy' - whilst my poor friemd was forced to be her taster! Tina and I speak about her outrage at being the 'beetroot juice taster.'
A week later, we visit my boyfriend's parents for breakfast. Sitting at the atble, I watch in horror as his mother places a bright red jug in the centre of the table with bits of fruit floating in it - she claimed it was a 'beetroot smoothie.' Shock and horror.
Lastly, I buy the 'taste' magazine from woolworths and on the 3rd page of the magazine there is a spread of 'beetroot' mousse with an accompanying recipe - I can only hope that neither Tina's mother, nor my boyfriend's mother never find that recipe.
Off to Lusito land - the festival of drunken portugese men, lots of caiperinha and prego rolls.... does that sum it up for you? Whilst sitting at one of the beer-tents, eating a prego, I chat to one of my portugese friends about life, love and everything inbetween - and what comes up in the conversation - you got it - BEETROOT!? Is it such a trend that it follows you to the land ocf the portugese? I simply cannot understand it! amidts the drunken brwaling, flea-market selling, prego-eating, caiparinha drinking people, there we found beetroot juice at Lusito Land...
I have only one word for this - Why?!
