Do you suffer from stubborn red spots on your hands after cutting beetroot? No need, because there is a simple solution that everyone has in the kitchen cupboard. Bet?
Fortunately, Dutch red beets are available all year round, but from July to October is the original season and they are at their best. The vegetables are extremely versatile: you can eat them raw or in a salad, of course, but you can also try something different with them. Beet chips, beet soup or beet carpaccio for example. This sympathetic red tuber actually has only one drawback: you get those ugly red spots on your hands when cutting. Cutting red cabbage gives the same effect.
Olive oil
Fortunately, there is an easy kitchen trick to combat these stains. When you rub your hands with olive oil before peeling and/or cutting the beets, you can wipe off the red with a tissue after the job (or just wash your hands with soap and water, that also works). An additional advantage: it also gives you nice and soft hands.
Other solutions
Also a raw potato seems to work to remove the beetroot stains. Cut a raw potato in half, dip it in some salt or sugar (for the abrasive effect), and rub your hands with it under running tap water. You can also always use the well-known trick with lemon juice. Just don’t do this if you have open wounds on your hands; this is going to bite through the citric acid. In the video below you can see how to remove the stains with lemon.
