The kingdom of purple beetroot – Where it came from and popular modern life of the beet

Beet is a vegetable with a juicy root of a round or conical form with a dark red/purple color. When this veggie is cut in half and viewed in cross-section, you can see light circles. From the very outset people valued only leaves of this vegetable, not the roots. In the Ancient Rome they ate beet leaves soaked in wine and topped with pepper. Romans even paid a tribute to their owners with beetroot. To Ukraine beetroot was brought from Byzantium at the time of Kyivan Rus. This vegetable has...