Harvard Beets
Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.
Harver Beets partial typed recipe
Clear Tote typed Harver Beets card
Ingredients
- ¼ C. sugar
- 2 tbls. corn starch
- ¼ c. Water
- ¼ c. Vinegar
- tbls. Butter
- (salt to taste)
- cooked beets
Directions
- Wet with:
- Cook until thick
- Add tbls. Butter
- Add drain cooked beets
Temperature: Cook until thick
Equipment: saucepan; stirring utensil; draining utensil
As written
(mom's) (very good
Three-cup onion recipe without added water
Clear Tote handwritten two-card set
Ingredients
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon minced onion
- 3 cups cooked, sliced beets or
- 2-16-ounce cans sliced beets, drained
Directions
- 1) In 1-quart saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Slowly stir in vinegar, add butter, and minced onion over medium heat, cook until thickened stirring constantly,
- 2) Reduce heat to low, add beets and cook just until heated through, stirring occasionally.
Timing: cook until thickened; cook just until heated through
Temperature: medium heat; reduce heat to low
Equipment: 1-quart saucepan and stirring utensil
Three-cup recipe with one-half cup sugar and vinegar
Decorative Recipe Tin front-and-reverse set
Ingredients
- 3 C sliced cooked beets
- ½ C sugar
- 1 T cornstarch
- ¼ t salt - pepper
- ¼ C water
- ½ C vinegar
- 1 T butter
Directions
- Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt & water + vinegar - Cook till thickened. stir all the time.
- Add butter + pepper
- Mix in beets & heat & serve
Timing: Cook till thickened; stir all the time
Temperature: Cook till thickened; heat and serve
Equipment: mixing and cooking vessel, measuring tools, stirring utensil, and serving utensil
Compare the cards
Sugar, cornstarch, vinegar, water, butter, and beets
- Clear Tote typed Harver Beets card
- 1/4 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1/4 cup water; 1/4 cup vinegar; butter and cooked beets without quantities
- Decorative Recipe Tin front-and-reverse set
- 3 cups beets; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1/4 cup water; 1/2 cup vinegar; 1 tablespoon butter
- Clear Tote handwritten two-card set
- 3 cups beets or two 16-ounce cans; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; no water; 1/3 cup vinegar; 1 tablespoon butter
Salt, pepper, and onion
- Clear Tote typed Harver Beets card
- salt to taste; no pepper or onion
- Decorative Recipe Tin front-and-reverse set
- 1/4 teaspoon salt; unquantified pepper; no onion
- Clear Tote handwritten two-card set
- 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon minced onion; no pepper
Heat and stirring directions
- Clear Tote typed Harver Beets card
- Cook until thick; add butter, salt, and drained cooked beets; no heat level or stirring direction
- Decorative Recipe Tin front-and-reverse set
- Cook until thickened while stirring all the time; add butter and pepper; mix in beets, heat, and serve
- Clear Tote handwritten two-card set
- Cook sauce over medium heat while stirring constantly; reduce to low, add beets, and heat through while stirring occasionally
Title and evaluation
- Clear Tote typed Harver Beets card
- Harver Beets; cropped annotation begins (mom's) (very good
- Decorative Recipe Tin front-and-reverse set
- Harvard Beets; no annotation
- Clear Tote handwritten two-card set
- Harvard Beets; no annotation
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