Up until this past year, I was very adept at avoiding beets. My father would eat them out of a can while I grew up. I'm feeling queasy just thinking about it. A couple of years ago, my wife brought some home from the grocery store and the more-mature me decided to give them a try. I had learned by that point that you can't condemn a vegetable just because some people choose to eat it out of a... Oh boy. Would you believe he eats canned potatoes, too? Urp.