How to Roast Beets, Shoes & Pie Test Kitchen Style
- Pre-heat oven to 350°
- Remove somewhat-wilted beets from refrigerator
- Realize there’s only 2″ left on the roll of aluminum foil
- Go to store for fresh roll
- Get home, double-check Bittman for timing
- Notice that Bittman says to cook the beets at 400°
- For an hour
- Wonder if brownies count as dinner
- Figure you probably don’t have enough cocoa powder to make brownies
- Wrap the beets in foil, put on tray in oven, set timer for 1 hour
- Decide to instead use the forgotten, pre-cooked beets you re-discovered in the refrigerator earlier, and save tonight’s beets for another time
- Look up microwave times for butternut squash
shoes and pie 
you lost me at “beets” #gross. shoulda went wif da brownies
also, where can i turn in my application to make it on your hall of fame?? i.e. “cast of characters”? you can refer to me as “el messycan guy, formerly the boy with cancer”. iiiiii like it!!!