FOOD NEWS
Why Ina Garten Never Keeps This Canned Vegetable In Her Kitchen
By Bobby Lewis
Even culinary masters like the Barefoot Contessa have certain foods that they simply refuse to eat, no matter what, and one such food is canned beets.
In an interview with WNYC Studios radio, Ina Garten recalled the bleak family dinners prepared by her mother, who did so as a joyless chore.
"She was a dietitian by training and didn't believe in carbohydrates," Garten said, so instead of delicious staples like bread, they often
had canned vegetables.
She said, "I particularly remember Harvard beets, one of my least favorite things in the world. No child likes Harvard beets. You might develop a taste for it afterward, but not when you're 10."