Artichokes are the ideal appetizer if you're having a nice dinner because they take a long time to eat. Nor do artichokes require melted butter, let alone that awful heavy sauce some people feel compelled to drown them in. Be careful not to eat the chokes and kill yourself. So it doesn't take a Ph.D. in logic to make the connection. Potatoes saved civilization.
Beets are a kick-ass vegetable.
People don't realize this, because there is so little demand for red houses, but it's true. Just work up a sweat, grab a bottle of borscht from the fridge, shake it up and swig it down. Forget the sour cream, and certainly forget heating it up, although that can be good too. Just chill, shake, and swig. Shake, rattle, and roll.