Beet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

beets
2 c. vinegar
2 c. water
2 c. sugar
sliced lemon

Preparation

Cook beets until tender, leaving about 2-inches of stem to prevent bleeding.
Prepare spiced vinegar as follows: vinegar, water and sugar.
Mix together.
Let boil about 2 minutes.
Tie bags of mixed pickle spices for each jar.
Remove skim from beets; drop into mixture.
Put in a slice lemon and bring to boiling point.
Put in sterilized jars and seal.