# Can beets be fried?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 27, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-beets-be-fried/682387 "2014-02-27T04:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-beets-be-fried/682387/21 "2014-02-28T11:11:52Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> I’ll have to keep a lookout. I go to Whole Foods , Mariano’s, and Treasure Island enough, but I don’t recall ever seeing white beets. I may have thought they were turnips or something, though. But those stores are where I generally find golden beets–it’s not a usual produce item here. Hell, even regular beets are not a guaranteed find.

Likely you’re thinking they are turnips. I once wasn’t paying attention and wound up with [an awfully sweet batch of “turnips”](https://www.google.com/search?q=Blankoma&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=YD2&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=rcs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=52wQU6DKEqae2gXAkYC4DQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg&biw=1047&bih=457)! But you may also be at the wrong stores. Try Cermak or Pete’s Produce in June.

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