My Mom'S Pickled Beets And Red Beet Eggs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 peck fresh beets
4 c. vinegar
4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
hard-boiled eggs (later)

Preparation

Select beets of uniform size.
Wash and cut off greens, but allow at least 1-inch of stem to remain to prevent bleeding and loss of sweetness and color.
Cook beets in enough water to completely cover beets until tender.
(Young beets will require about 1/2 hour.)
When tender, plunge into cold water.
Rub skins off with fingers.
Do not cut into soft beet.