http://flatwhite.net Ponderings and Banter from New Zealand and abroad... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:58:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://flatwhite.net/2007/11/nothing-vulgar-about-beetroot/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/11/nothing-vulgar-about-beetroot/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:38:48 +0000 Joanne http://flatwhite.net/?p=73 th Century name for the beetroot - blood turnip. It’s an infinitely more evocative name for a humble root vegetable that has hidden depths. Today, many varieties of Beta vulgaris are grown around the world, (when was the last time YOU ate a Burpee’s Golden or a Bull’s Blood beet?) ]]> http://flatwhite.net/2007/11/nothing-vulgar-about-beetroot/feed/ 1 http://flatwhite.net/2007/10/of-witchcraft-and-wizardry/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/10/of-witchcraft-and-wizardry/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:30:57 +0000 Joanne http://flatwhite.net/?p=69 http://flatwhite.net/2007/10/of-witchcraft-and-wizardry/feed/ 0