I love beetroot, they're so tasty and they were even used a treatment for some ailments in the Middle Ages!
What's beetroot?
It's the taproot portion of the beet plant, the red part that you commonly associate with beets. Beetroot is just the anatomically correct term for it.
Oh I see. Okay. What ailments was it used to treat?
One remedy was for "garlic-breath" lol apparently they thought if you ate it with garlic dishes it will cancel out the smell.
Haha. what else is beetroot used for?
food colouring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other "Beta vulgaris" varieties, particularly sugar beet.
Etymology.
"Beta" is the ancient Latin name for beets, possibly of Celtic origin, becoming "bete" in Old English around 1400. "Root" derives from the late Old English "rōt", itself from Old Norse "rót".
History.
From the Middle Ages, beetroot was used as a treatment for a variety of conditions, especially illnesses relating
Beetroot
The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as the beet, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, sugar beet, red beet, or golden beet. It is one of several cultivated varieties of "Beta vulgaris" grown for their edible taproots and leaves (called beet greens); they have been classified as "B. vulgaris" subsp. "vulgaris" 'Conditiva' Group.
Besides being used as a food, beets have uses as a