http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/06/14/getting-out-of-a-pickle/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/06/14/getting-out-of-a-pickle/comment-page-1/#comment-12531 Jule Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:26:52 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/06/14/getting-out-of-a-pickle/#comment-12531 It's really not your fault. It's my mother's. She put us on a beet diet when I was a teenager. Every freaking night: beets, beets, beets. They turned everything red. The continue to haunt me. Also, their consistency reminds me of chomping on water chestnuts... or cartilage.. or, OK, I'll stop. I applaud your efforts, though, and will continue to turn up my nose only when you are not looking. It's really not your fault. It's my mother's. She put us on a beet diet when I was a teenager. Every freaking night: beets, beets, beets. They turned everything red. The continue to haunt me. Also, their consistency reminds me of chomping on water chestnuts... or cartilage.. or, OK, I'll stop. I applaud your efforts, though, and will continue to turn up my nose only when you are not looking.

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