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Yield: 4 servings

Measure Ingredient
3 cups Beets, cooked or canned, sliced
1 tablespoon Fresh horseradish, grated (or use about 4 t prepared horseradish)
8 \N Cloves, whole (or use about 1/2 t caraway seed)
2 cups Vinegar
1 tablespoon Brown sugar
2 teaspoons Salt

Layer beets in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with horseradish and cloves.

Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes. Pour over the beets.

Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.

NOTES:

* Pickled beets -- This recipe could be used as part of a 12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve. Yield: Serves 4-6.

: Difficulty: easy.

: Time: 15 minutes preparation, 1 day pickling.

: Precision: Approximate measurement OK.

: Original recipe passed down through the generations and translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by Edward Chrzanowski : MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : echrzanowski@... or

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