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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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