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     Title: Cwikla (Pickled Beets)
Categories: Holiday, Pickles, Polish
     Yield: 4 Servings

     3 c  Beets; cooked or canned,
          - sliced
     1 tb Fresh horseradish;
          - grated -OR-
     4 ts Prepared horseradish
     8    Whole cloves -OR-
   1/2 ts Caraway seed
     2 c  Vinegar
     1 tb Brown sugar
     2 ts Salt

 Layer beets in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with
 horseradish and cloves.

 Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes. Pour over the beets.
 Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.

 Notes:

 This recipe could be used as part of a 12-course meal known in
 Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on
 Christmas Eve.

 : Difficulty:  easy.
 : Time:  15 minutes preparation, 1 day pickling.
 : Precision:  Approximate measurement OK.
 : Original recipe passed down through the generations
   and translated from Polish into English (with a few
   mods) by Edward Chrzanowski
 : MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
 : [email protected] or
   {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski
 : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust

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