Had a wonderful lunch with a friend yesterday. At a lookout cafe with a cool breeze, cold coke, and a burger with real salad and beetroot!
That reminds me of the origin of the word "beetroot" - an anglicised form of the old Dutch rote (red) but using French word order (noun followed by adjective) and perhaps related to rouge (red). So why do we say "silver beet" but not "red beet"? Perhaps because "beetroot" rolls off the tongue more easily, or maybe we inherited it via Dutch/French cooking recipes. We may never know, but it sure tasted nice on the burger.
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