American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette
Beets Boiled
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Instructions
- 1
Select small-sized, smooth roots.
- 2
They should be carefully washed, but not cut before boiling, as the juice will escape and the sweetness of the vegetable be impaired, leaving it white and hard.
- 3
Put them into boiling water, and boil them until tender, which requires often from one to two hours.
- 4
Do not probe them, but press them with the finger to ascertain if they are sufficiently done.
- 5
When satisfied of this, take them up, and put them into a pan of cold water, and slip off the outside.
- 6
Cut them into thin slices, and while hot season with butter, salt, a little pepper and very sharp vinegar.