Pickled Beets
["beets", "1 tsp. salt", "2 scant c. sugar", "2 c. vinegar", "2 c. water", "cloves"]
["Boil beets until tender. Blanch with cold water and the skins will slip off. Make syrup by boiling together water, vinegar, sugar and salt. Add a few whole cloves to boiling syrup, but leave them out of the beets as they tend to leave dark spots. Add a pinch of black pepper. Bring syrup to a good boil and add slices or whole beets. Bring to boil again and put into sterilized jars and seal."]
["beets", "salt", "sugar", "vinegar", "water", "cloves"]