Sure, certain people do, but I noticed that using beets in American culture is funny for some reason. Case in point: The Office. Dwight is a beet farmer. The whole punchline here is that he grows beets! No one would laugh if he were a rye farmer.
I, personally, have witnessed a ton of jokes about beet salad and beet soup (borscht) which are a staple of Russian and Ukrainian cuisine.
But... why? Americans would eat the weirdest veggie from the Far East, but they balk at beats. What's even more mysterious, is that beat leaves are used in salads, when everyone else uses beets for their roots. It's like using potato leaves while discarding actual potatoes.
I'm baffled.
I, personally, have witnessed a ton of jokes about beet salad and beet soup (borscht) which are a staple of Russian and Ukrainian cuisine.
But... why? Americans would eat the weirdest veggie from the Far East, but they balk at beats. What's even more mysterious, is that beat leaves are used in salads, when everyone else uses beets for their roots. It's like using potato leaves while discarding actual potatoes.
I'm baffled.