"swordedge" wrote in message
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I've cut beetroot leaves off rather than twist them. Yes, the stumps 'bleed'
but it makes no difference to the beet itself.

When I buy (my beetroot is rubbish this year, so far even though a daughter
had an enormous one) beetroot with leaves (I don't buy them unless they have
good leaves on them) I cut the leaves into about 1 cm - 1/2" - lengths, cook
them gently with onion and liquidise them.

SOUP!

Excellent (with seasoning) and crème fraiche, cream, yogurt, whatever.

Mary