{"id":5,"date":"2013-08-11T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=5"},"modified":"2013-08-11T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T17:25:00","slug":"the-best-pickled-beets-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"The Best Pickled Beets…..EVER!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Suzanne’s neighbor, Bernie the Saint, makes the most delicious pickled beets on the planet. I was so excited to grow beets in my garden this year so I could pickle my own using Bernie’s recipe, but alas, there weren’t enough beets ready to be harvested at the same time, so I had to buy most of them.\u00a0 My friend, Karlene, and I have been canning fools lately.\u00a0 We made strawberry jam, raspberry jam, and just last week, pickled beets. Its so much more fun to can with a friend! When we were making the strawberry jam, I said, “Hey, I smell smoke.\u00a0 The neighbors must be burning brush.” But then we noticed a wooden spoon had worked its way onto the burner and was smouldering.\u00a0 We got a good laugh out of that.\u00a0 But anyways, back to the beets…here is the recipe for the most delicious pickled beets you will ever eat:<\/p>\n

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1 1\/2 C. sugar
1 T. whole allspice
1 1\/2 tsp. salt
2 sticks cinnamon
3 1\/2 C. vinegar
1 1\/2 C. water
3 quarts peeled, cooked small beets<\/p>\n

To cook the beets, wash and drain beets.\u00a0 To prevent the beets from “bleeding” too much, leave the tap root on and leave 2 inches when trimming the stems.\u00a0 Put the beets in a large pot and cover with boiling water. Cook for about 20-25 mins. \u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Immediately put the cooked beets into a sink full of cold water.\u00a0 This will help the skins to slip off. Using gloves, rub each beet until all the skins are off.<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, combine the brine ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes. Put the lids and rings in a pot of water and keep hot. Bring a canner with water to almost a boil.<\/p>\n

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Cut the beets into slices, large chunks, or even leave them whole if they are small enough and pack them into hot jars leaving 1\/2 inch head space.<\/p>\n

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Strain the brine to remove the cinnamon sticks and whole allspice.\u00a0 Bring the brine to a boil.\u00a0 Pour the brine over the beets leaving 1\/2 inch head space.\u00a0 Put a lid and ring on each jar and hand tighten.\u00a0 Place the jars in the canner and process in boiling water bath for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

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After processing, remove the jars from the water and let cool.\u00a0 After the jars have cooled, make sure all the lids have sealed.<\/p>\n

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Yield: about 6 pints.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suzanne’s neighbor, Bernie the Saint, makes the most delicious pickled beets on the planet. I was so excited to grow beets in my garden this year so I could pickle my own using Bernie’s recipe, but alas, there weren’t enough beets ready to be harvested at the same time, so I had to buy most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}