Albino beetroot?

[singleseeder]

I am sure that this was just a rogue seed, but I have pulled a 'beetroot' which had white ribs to the leaves and a pale red skin.

It was cooked with the rest of the beetroot and was almost white when I cut it in half.

The taste was beetrooty, but perhaps I should have just called it a 'root'?

[chris]

I have white beetroot, perhaps it was just mixed up in the seed.. ? Great thing about them is that they don't bleed everywhere.

[Creemteez]

Yup, I had one of these pale intruders in a row of Boltardy a year or so ago. Wouldn't notice a difference in taste when eating it, but it was a bit odd.

[chris]

Maybe it's a genetic mutation then!

[singleseeder]

Probably the packing line wasn't cleaned out properly when changing seeds.

Christine Wotsername on GQT said that she used to work in a packing factory and this often happened.

[solway cropper]

I've had them as well, along with pale yellow carrots when they should have been bright orange. I suppose if you grow open pollinated varieties there's always a chance of these mutations. Open pollinated human beings also throw up a few oddballs now and then.

[chris]

veggiechicken and cardiffsteve by any chance?

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Chris. that explains a lot. Must ask my Mum where she was was when she was open pollinated. I'd like to know a bit more about my fathers.

[chris]

chioggia & burpees golden? Yah, I know them well!

[veggiechicken]

Did you know my mother then? She'd agree with the Burpees

[zazen999]

I've got albino beetroot - but it's been bred to be white so no worries here!

[chris]

Not sure, to be honest I never really chatted to the beets before they were scrubbed, par boiled then baked

Leeks on the other hand, we've spoken to great length.

K, that's enough booze for moi! think I best hit the sack

[veggiechicken]

Sack - a type of fortified wine! Don't hit it too hard. Nos Da!!