Recipe - Pickled Beet And Onions

7 pound Med. Beets
Vinegar
2 One half cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Whole Mixed Pickling Spices
2 teaspoon Salt
3 One half cup White Vinegar
1 One half cup Water
2 pound Med. Onions

Cut off all but 2inches of the beet tops, leave the root ends attached.
Peel and slice the onions into 1/4slices. Heat enough water to cover beets
to boiling. Add beets and 2 t vinegar for each quart of water used. Cover
and heat to boiling. Cook until beets are tender, 35 to 45 minutes; drain.
Run cold water over beets, slip off skins and remove the root ends. Cut
beets into 1/4inch slices. Heat remaining ingredients to boiling in a
6quart Dutch oven, reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered 10 minutes, stir in
beets. Pack beets and onions in hot jars, leaving 1/2inch headspace. Heat
syrup to boiling. Pour over beets and onions, leving about 1/2inch
headspace; seal. Process 30 minutes in boiling water bath. Makes about 8
Pints. NOTE: ~ 7 cans (16 ounces each) cut or sliced up beets, drained, can be
substituted for the beets in the above recipe.

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