Beet Pickles
Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.
Quart syrup with 15-minute cold pack
Blue Binder handwritten page
Ingredients
- 1 qt Beet Juice
- 1 qt Vinegar
- 1 qt sugar
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cloves.
- clean Beets
Directions
- Cook clean Beets until just tender.
- Peel - Dice or slice thin.
- Put [unclear word] and put in jars then pour liquid over them and seal.
- Cold pack 15 min
Timing: 15 min
Temperature: Cook until just tender; Cold pack
Equipment: jars; cold-pack canning equipment
Notes
- (depends on your taste)
- Very Good
Quart syrup with boil and 10-minute process
White Binder handwritten sheet
From mom's Kellogg.
Ingredients
- the four syrup ingredients plus an unquantified amount of beets
Directions
- Cook clean beets until tender;
- (Save the juice for syrup)
- Peel - Dice or slice then pour the liquid over them,
- Bring to just a boil and can.
- process 10 min.
Timing: process 10 min.
Temperature: until tender; Bring to just a boil
Equipment: beet-cooking and syrup vessel; peeler; knife; canning jars and processing equipment
Notes
- Syrup. is a component heading; Food 5 is an isolated classification-like margin note
As written
Mom's Kellogg.
Food 5
Small beet-juice recipe with onions and parsley
Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card
Ingredients
- 2½ C beets
- 1⅔ C sugar
- ⅔ C vinegar
- 2 med. onions
- parsley
Directions
- Strain juice from beets - measure ⅔ C in saucepan; add sugar - vinegar - beets & heat to boiling.
- Pour in sterilized jar & keep covered until ready to use.
- Slice onions over them when served & parsley.
Temperature: heat to boiling
Equipment: strainer, measuring cup, saucepan and stirring utensil, sterilized jar and cover, knife, and serving utensil
As written
Beet Pickles 2½ C beets 1⅔ C sugar ⅔ C vinegar 2 med. onions parsley Strain juice from beets - measure ⅔ C in saucepan; add sugar - vinegar - beets & heat to boiling. Pour in sterilized jar & keep covered until ready to use. Slice onions over them when served & parsley. heat to boiling strainer, measuring cup, saucepan and stirring utensil, sterilized jar and cover, knife, and serving utensil
Compare the cards
Beet, beet juice, vinegar, sugar, and seasonings
- Blue Binder handwritten page
- Unquantified beets with 1 qt each beet juice, vinegar, and sugar, plus 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cloves
- White Binder handwritten sheet
- Unquantified beets with 1 qt each beet juice, vinegar, and sugar, plus 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cloves
- Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card
- 2 1/2 C beets, 2/3 C beet juice, 1 2/3 C sugar, 2/3 C vinegar, 2 med. onions, and parsley
Heating, sealing, and processing
- Blue Binder handwritten page
- Put in jars, pour liquid over them, seal, and Cold pack 15 min.
- White Binder handwritten sheet
- Pour liquid over beets, bring to just a boil and can, then process 10 min.
- Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card
- Heat beet juice, sugar, vinegar, and beets to boiling; pour into sterilized jar and keep covered until ready to use; no process duration stated
Serving garnish
- Blue Binder handwritten page
- No onion or parsley serving garnish
- White Binder handwritten sheet
- No onion or parsley serving garnish
- Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card
- Slice onions over the beets when served and add parsley
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