Pickle Beets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

beets
2 c. vinegar
2 c. water
2 scant c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
cloves

Preparation

Boil beets until tender. Blanch with cold water; skins will slip off. Make syrup by boiling together water, vinegar, sugar and salt. Add whole cloves. Add a pinch of black pepper. Add beets. Bring to a boil. Put in sterilized jars and seal.