Pickled Beets

Pickled Beets (Traditional Recipe) Makes: ~4 pints (or 8 cups) 🥘 Ingredients For the beets 3–4 lbs fresh beets (about 12 medium) Water (for boiling) Ice (for cooling) Pickling brine 2 cups white vinegar (5% acidity) 1 cup water 1⅓ cups sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cinnamon stick (optional) 5–10 whole cloves (optional) 1 teaspoon … Read more

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Most people will go their entire life without ever knowing what the drawer under the oven was actually designed for

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