Groceries
#1849
Re: Groceries
Kind of. First visit bought 5 (all they had left) second 6 (some left). I generally don't buy more than half a dozen of promotions as I leave some for other people. Also bought 3 Green & Blacks at £3, and I may well dip into one of those. I actually don't like HD Belgian Chocolate flavour that much. GB is plain chocolate.
#1850
Re: Groceries
So on Saturday, in the Foreign Foods section, a Canadian chap asked me if Beetroot was the same as Beets. He's heard of Beets, never beetroot (he was holding a jar of polish pickled beetroot). I was so flabbergasted clearly my reply wasn't trustworthy so after being assured it was the same he went and asked someone else.
In hindsight was probably an old boy who'd never used a supermarket before and needed directing to the regular pickles section.
In hindsight was probably an old boy who'd never used a supermarket before and needed directing to the regular pickles section.
#1851
Re: Groceries
Nobody but Brits calls it beetroot, they're beets, same as carrots aren't called carrot-root, parsnips aren't called parsnip-root, etc.
#1852
Re: Groceries
Personally I would only call the red ones beetroots. Any other beets are plain old beets.
I'm thinking I might start using carrotroots and parsniproots in my best UK West Country accent to confound the buggers. Make a change from saying mangleworzel on demand.
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#1858
Re: Groceries
In Canada, beets are red and delicious. We don't eat sugar beets (known as sugar beets in Canada), but in Alberta they grow them and make granulated sugar and bad liquor out of them.
#1860
Re: Groceries
I wonder if "carrot" is already an old diminutive of "car-root"?