OK. So things have been going well, right? Obama is generally pretty awesome. But get this. Brace yourselves. He apparently (gulp) doesn’t like beets. Blasphemy, right? I mean, he is supposedly such a food-lover and loves eating all sorts of daring and delicious cuisine…but according to the Seattle Times, our next president loves a spicy chili anyday but has always hated beets. This is so sad, as beets are probably one of my favorite ground provisions (root crops). They are great just boiled, diced and thrown into a salad with all the regular fixins, or grated and made into any variety of baked beet creations (think BEETZA with a beet crust, or a beet sauce, or a beet topping? take your pick!) … so in closing, here are some photos of beets to make you drool. Unless you’re the next president, that is.

(all photos from Johnny’s Seed Catalog)