Beet Poke’ !!

I made Beet Poke’ the other day. It was delicious.

You can make it. It’s easy.

Here’s how: Copyright ZaslowCrane/ Dennis Miller (Beautiful, “Downtown”) Clinton, WA 98236 1ZaslowCrane1@sbcglobal.net Beet Poke’…Better with Golden beets…just sayin’…Start with 3-4 medium sized beets. Pop in a roaster with a lot of water. “Roast” in oven until knife slides right out. Note: The areas of the beet in contact with the water peels a lot easier than the other areas so let this knowledge guide you when deciding how much water to put in the roaster. Roast, cool, then chop into bite-sized pieces

Beets

* Ginger (one piece about the size of your index finger, peeled)

* med-large Sweet onion, quartered and then sliced

* Soy Sauce 2-3 tabsp * 1-2 Tabl sp Sesame oil (or TT)

* 1 tablesp Sugar (or TT) 1 Serrano Chili, minced * 1 -2 tablsp Sesame seeds

* 2-3 Tablsp Cilantro (leaves only no stems) (optional)

* Japanese Furikake or togarashi blend (to finish it off)Into a bowl-Grate the ginger (or mince finely). You want to end up with approx. 2 Tablesp.

Add chopped beets

Add Soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar and chili. Toss thoroughly. Chill for an hour or so in refrigerator. Then add Cilantro and Sesame seeds.

Serve alone or over freshly made rice.

YUM!

About Zaslow Crane

Zaslow Crane wrote his first Science fiction story when he was 11 This was after an uncle had given him a Charmin case full of sci fi paperbacks- all the old masters: A.E.Van Vogt, Cordwainer Smith, Heinlen, Bradbury, and dozens more. After that, he never looked back. Zaslow Crane has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers over many years, and has been a contributing editor for a national magazine. He has been published a couple hundred times for non fiction. Regarding fiction, he writes primarily SciFi and was one of the creative talents behind Smoke and Mirrors, a parsec nominated podcast that "re-imagined" the Twilight Zone and, which ran for 2 1/2 years. He has written over two hundred short stories, 7 or 8 novellas and two novels, one of which "explains" a great many advancements in human technology. He likes mindless sort of work, because it frees that other part of his brain to work on story ideas, so if you see him, say, digging a ditch, you'll know that he’s really writing. He lives in a tiny house on a hill in Central California. His home overlooks the ocean - IF you're willing to stand on tip toes and crane your neck. Just a bit.