BEET RELISH
4 pounds beets, cooked and peeled
4 large onions
3 large green peppers (I would use the red)
1 Tablespoon whole cloves
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups vinegar (white)

Grind beets, onions, and peppers. Tie cloves in cheesecloth bag. In large kettle combine vegtables, clove bag, sugar, vinegar and 1/2 cup water, and 1 Tablespoon salt (the type with no iodine in it).

Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove clove bag. Ladle into hot sterilized jars; leaving a 1.2 inch headspace. Adjust lids to just hand tight. Process in boiling hot water bath (half pints) 15 minutes (20 mins. in reno nv. ) Makes 13 half pints. Remove to kitchen terry towel in a space with no drafts. Examine lids after cooling to make sure it set up.

Thank you for sharing this with us :D:D:D

Sounds good

do you grow beets?

Hi Butterflywing! Of course I do not grow beets! You buy them at the market! My mother used to oil them and bake them in the oven until soft (like a potato). But you can roast them or boil them.

I did find a trick that is way cool though. When you are cutting up green onions for a salad, cut the tip about a little larger than a quarter inch where the roots are and stick them into the gorund. They regrow themselves. You can even keep a pot of these in your kitchen. So easy and you are never without an onion.

silly me. let me rephrase that. do YOU grow BEETS?????

and that's a terrific tip. i intend to try it out the next time i get scallions. do you call them that, too? i usually substitute chives, but that's a poor sub.

I do grow beets - just picked some last week and still have a few left in the garden. I never baked them before - I'll have to try it. I've always boiled them. Thanks for the tip.

when you slip off the skins, be sure to wear rubber gloves or your hands will be beet-red for the rest of your natural life.

my daughter used to do that. now she buys them in cans. :mrgreen: with age, comes wisdom.

Your so welcome dream 56. They are really good that way. She baked them low and slow as she used to say. It is the difference between baked potaoes and boiled. Lots more flavor and it brings out the sweetness.

Butterflywing!! Girl I love your sense of humor. No I don't grow beets! But if I did, I would cook the leaves like greens and eat them! I just love gardening, but I don't have any veggies in this year besides the tomatoes and green peppers. We put every single plant and landscaping into our yard. It was fun, but, I wouldn't want to do it again.

we always has a big veggie garden until about 10 years ago when we bumped down in house and yard size. we grew tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, beans, radishes and green and yellow summer squashes as staples and experimented with brussel sprouts, corn, winter squash and melons and whatever else looked like fun. one year potatoes. on the greens side, we always did several lettuces, basil, dill, chives, parsley, marjoram, tarragon and i always have a rosemary bush. now we just have some tomatoes being eaten by the squirrels, peppers that don't get large, dill that yellows out. the rosemary bush is terrific. the sage i pulled because i don't really like it. dh grows not anise, but the one that tastes like it. like licorice. so now we have very little in the way of veggies and no beets.

i have to admit i don't miss the work involved in the summer heat. each year it gets hotter and my tolerance gets lower.
we did, however, landscape the entire yard around the perimeter as soon as we moved in and that was worth it now, 10 years later when it's all matured.

on a side note, i love beets.

How about a mini show and tell?

how beautiful! and the landscaping is lovely. worth the show part, definitely. the look part, as well.

i never lived in a brand new house. our first house was about 40 yrs old and the last one was from 1865. this one is about 50 years old. always in small, old towns outside NYC. who does the upkeep on the yards? (i didn't see any beet greens, so you must be right about growing them.)

Thanks so much! Hubby mows the lawn, I keep up the rest. It is pretty easy now that it is established. There were some real boogers that had me stumped at first. But though the years I have worked them out.
I used to plant green beans and chives in with the flowers just to give it interest. But I got tired of it. Although I miss my huge strawberry pot that I used to keep herbs in outside my kitchen door.
My sister has a full blown green house in her new old home. She doesn't even use it! Man! I would have year round veggies if it were mine. It has a drip and misting system and an a swamp cooler and heater!
Our home was six years old when we bought it. They just never had done anything with it. Crazy right?

saving this recipe for next years crop of beets in our large garden!!! sounds yummo!

I love beets! We usually bake them, and I am the only one here who likes them!!!!!!!!!!

We eat a lot of beets here. My DGD loves them. The beet relish I make is different than the one RedGarnett posted. I make mine with only grated beets and horseradish. It is awesome with roast beef. We use the greens also and make an old recipe using the leaves to wrap around bits of bread dough. Lots of chopped stems of beets, fresh dill and green onions dotted with butter in the pan and then baked. dipped in sour cream. Yummy! My baba showed me how to do this when I was a little girl and every time I make them I can see her in her colourful babushka.

Sounds good