Beets

Ingredients

• Cook in boiling water an hour and a half if young
• three, four or five hours as their age increases
• a half a cupful of vinegar
• two tablespoonfuls of butter
• a little salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Wash well, cook in boiling water until tender, drain, scrape off skins, slice, and pour over vinegar and heated butter.

2. 2

   Let stand covered for three minutes before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for beginners (1884) by Marion Harland, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beets. Wash well, taking care not to scratch the skin, as they will "bleed" while in cooking if this is cut or broken. Cook in boiling watSr an hour and a half if young, three, four or five hours as their age increases. Drain, scrape off the skins, slice quickly with a sharp, knife; put into a vegetable dish, VEGETABLES. 113 and pour over them a half a cupful of vinegar, with two tablespoonfuls of butter, heated to boiling, and a little salt and pepper

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