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    Pickled Honey Beets


    Source of Recipe


    Darlene

    Recipe Introduction


    Origins Unknown

    List of Ingredients




    2 quarts small beets
    1 1/2 c vinegar
    1 cup honey
    1 cup water
    1 tsp salt
    1 tsp ground allspice

    Spice Bag

    2 tsp broken cinnamon sticks
    2 tsp whole cloves
    2 tsp mustard seed

    2 cups onion slices, broken into rings

    Recipe



    Cook the beets with the root on in a small amount of simmering water, then peel them. (Beet juice stains clothes and some countertops.) If you cannot locate small beets, slice beets 1/4 inch thick after peeling.

    Combine vinegar, honey, and water in saucepan; stir in salt and allspice. Add spices tied up in a cheesecloth bag and simmer all gently for 5 minutes.
    Add beets and onions and simmer gently for another 20 minutes. Remove spice bag, pack into half pint or pint jars, apply lid and process in boiling water
    canner for 30 minutes.

    Makes 5 pints


 

 

 


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