INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

The Fanny Farmer Cookbook
Slice cooked beets & cover with mild cider vinegar or 1 cup white vinegar
boiled 5 minutes with 1/2 cup sugar. Add a few caraway seeds for extra
zest. Serve lukewarm or cold in small individual sauce dishes.
Fanny Farmer also suggests baking beets (brushed with oil) in a 350 oven
until tender (1 hour or more), then peeling (unless very young), slicing or
chopping, and seasoning with butter, salt & pepper. I would imagine butter
bud sprinkles or chicken stock could be used instead of the butter, as in
mashed potatoes. She also says that very young beets (no bigger than
marbles) can be boiled with their greens, if they are washed very
thoroughly & have their root tips cut off. Use only enough salted water to
keep them from burning as they are boiled, and cover the pan during
cooking. Cut up the greens coarsely before serving, and season with salt &
butter.
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n174
From: hnewling@mindspring.com (Helen Newling)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:25:21 +0100

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