This photo of Schrute Farms is courtesy of TripAdvisor
The internet is going crazy with talk of a spinoff of The Office, featuring none other than Dwight Schrute at his Beet Farms bed and breakfast.
We would watch that in a heartbeet... errr, heartbeat. We're awaiting the official announcement of the show with beeted... ummm... baited breath.
In the meantime, we figured we would book a trip to Schrute Farms for a little romantic weekend of duck walks and beet wine. We perused some of the 875 TripAdvisor reviews and found that most people loved the beet wine and beet stew, while others were taken aback by the host's extensive weapons collection and Battlestar Galactica marathons.
Here are the top ten comments that we found:
10. On checking in, which is hard to do with a
pen that writes with beet juice, they huddled together in a corner
whispering. This was rather unnerving as they kept looking at my wife
and I distinctly heard the words "breeding stock."
9. TripAdvisor lists "Beach" as part of the hotel amenities. I don't feel
the pond truly has a "beachy" feel. The manager apologized and sent some
beet champagne to try and quell our complaint. Unfortunately, beet
champagne needs to be CHILLED, not served warm. In addition, the dixie
cups provided melted due to the acidity of the champagne.
8. Dinner consisted of a variety of beet preparations. Beet Consomme, salad
of wilted beet greens with beet bacon, followed by Filet of Beet with
beet mash, and beet gelato for dessert. Each course was served with
several different beet wines
(though all of them tasted much the same). The kids menu consisted of
beet nuggets with beet fries -- not popular with the kiddies. My youngest
commented that her plate was "bleeding."
7. We ventured into the barn, where Mose showed the children
all the sharp instruments used in beet farming. After calming them down,
we had a full-on beet dinner. Who knew you could make so many dishes
out of beets?! The rooms were quaint and comfortable, but we didn't get
much sleep due to the sounds of someone crying all night.
6. The meals were homecooked and generally tasty, although I passed on the fresh horse milk and the diced beet pancakes.
5. First of all, the beet ice cream is to DIE FOR! Beet-scented candles are
complimentary (after you work the ten-hour shift to make them!) The
organic beet soap in the bathroom clearly is a godsend. Will be back!
4. Beetburgers (great for the vegetarians among us!), mashed beets with
gravy, beet bread, and beet pie for dessert! Wow, what a spread!! We
especially enjoyed the beet wine that was served before bedtime.
3. They woke me and my friends up at 7:30 a.m. and invited us to the all beets and goat jerky breakfast.
2. The natural aroma of the beets drifts into the bedrooms and makes you
dream of simpler times.
1. I ruined my manicure trying to milk goats.
Just as we were about to book a magical weekend, we were jolted back into reality by this message from TripAdvisor:
As seen on NBC's The Office.
Have fun reading these reviews -- go on, add your own! Just don't try to
book a visit here, because this fictional place doesn't really exist.
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