Beautiful Beets

Last night we sampled the "Shredded Beet Salad". The beets were a bit difficult to shred, but they looked so shiny on the grater. And after shredding they boiled up nicely in no time. For a salad, all in all, it took more prep time than I anticipated.

I'd say this salad was all about the way the ingredients played off of each other. The parsley, beets, lemon juice, and olive oil seemed to dance with each other. That's the best I can put it.

Then for garnishes: egg, carrots, & olives. Each added to the previous ingredients their own notes in perfect harmony. (Our olives had been brined with orange rinds, adding further intrigue.)

It was one of those dishes that seemed to have many ingredients. I could even taste each one. But somehow the flavors kept winding up lost in each other in various and interesting ways.

The servings were appropriately small for such a rich & dense salad. But I'd say the recipe did in fact produce the four servings it promised.

It was a pleasant bit of interest at the start of an evening spent with entertaining folks.

Favorite Song (on my favorite radio station during prep time): Jim Moray-All You Pretty Girls