i live on a beet farm.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The beetroot is the taproot portion of the beet plant, usually known in North America as the beet, also table beet, garden beet, red beet, or golden beet. It is one of several of the cultivated varieties of \"Beta vulgaris\" grown for their edible taproots and their leaves (called beet greens). These varieties have been classified as \"B. vulgaris\" subsp. \"vulgaris\" Conditiva Group. Other than as a food, beets have use as a food colouring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other \"Beta vulgaris\" varieties, particularly sugar beet. \"Beta\" is the ancient Latin name for beets, possibly of Celtic origin, becoming \"bete\" in Old English around 1400. From the Middle Ages, beetroot was used as a treatment for a variety of conditions, especially illnesses relating to digestion and the blood. Bartolomeo Platina recommended taking beetroot with garlic to nullify the effects of \"garlic-breath\". During the middle of the 19th century, wine often was coloured with beetroot juice. Below is a list of several commonly available cultivars of beets. Generally, 55 to 65 days are needed from germination to harvest of the root. All cultivars can be harvested earlier for use as greens. Unless otherwise noted, the root colours are shades of red and dark red with different degrees of zoning noticeable in slices.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love beetroot, they're so tasty and they were even used a treatment for some ailments in the Middle Ages!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "What's beetroot?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's the taproot portion of the beet plant, the red part that you commonly associate with beets. Beetroot is just the anatomically correct term for it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh I see. Okay. What ailments was it used to treat?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "One remedy was for \"garlic-breath\" lol apparently they thought if you ate it with garlic dishes it will cancel out the smell."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Haha. what else is beetroot used for?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Since it has a deep red color it's used these days as a natural food colouring."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting. I wonder what foods its used in for that coloring?"}]