Why are store bought whole pickled beets so much smaller than the beets you’d buy or harvest fresh? Are they picking them when small? Whittling big ones down to one-bite size?

It’s a weird question but my internet searching just keeps bringing up the same pickled beets recipe on 45 sites. I don’t want a recipe, I want answers to life’s burning questions!

  • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Just a guess here, but perhaps they use the beets that are too small/unappealing/strange for pickling. The leftover runts that otherwise would be scraps, as it were. Similar to how baby carrots are made from small or broken carrots.