LOL....This is a very "informing" post!
I have never eaten beets, but have been wanting to try them. I didn't know how to cook them. I definitely won't leave the stove and good to know the "ins" and "Outs" of beets also. I have a cook book "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld, where she adds beets to chocolate cake, and broccoli to dishes and to some other dishes so she could get some veggies into her children. Very interesting book.
I wonder if peeled beets then boiled would make a good dye (for fabric)?