Beets...what do you do with them?
09-18-2011, 11:01 AM
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Oh, do wish we were in the same area. I belong to a gleaner group that goes out & gathers excess crops & gardens that would normally go to waste. We divide it up between our members & always give 20% to the local food bank, soup kitchen, senior center & new hopes farms. We just had a fire in our area where around 100 homes were lost & we provided lots of stuff to help feed everyone that was evacuated into camps & Churches. Maybe you could ask around to see if there is a gleaner group in your area. We provide potatoes, onions, fruits, vegies, bread, chips,eggs, & what ever else we can glean to over 100 families every month. It is a lot of work going out & picking the crops by hand, but very satisfying knowing we are helping so many needy families.
09-18-2011, 01:40 PM
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After you make this jelly, use the cooked beets to make that lucious chocolate cake
RED BEET JELLY
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1 1/2 lb. red beets
2 boxes Sure-Jell
1/2 c. lemon juice
8 c. sugar
1 (6 oz.) box red raspberry Jello
Scrub raw beets well. Cover with water and boil until tender. Drain off juice. Put red beets aside and use the juice to make jelly. Beets cans be pickles or buttered.
Bring 6 cups beet juice, lemon, and Sure-Jell to hard boil; add sugar and Jello all at once and boil 6 minutes. Skim, pour into glasses and seal. The beet juice can be kept in refrigerator for some time.
I made this several times when we had a garden in Oregon and it's really a great raspberry jelly after all !!!
!
RED BEET JELLY
Read more about it at www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1923,145162-246207,00.html
Content Copyright © 2011 Cooks.com - All rights reserved.
1 1/2 lb. red beets
2 boxes Sure-Jell
1/2 c. lemon juice
8 c. sugar
1 (6 oz.) box red raspberry Jello
Scrub raw beets well. Cover with water and boil until tender. Drain off juice. Put red beets aside and use the juice to make jelly. Beets cans be pickles or buttered.
Bring 6 cups beet juice, lemon, and Sure-Jell to hard boil; add sugar and Jello all at once and boil 6 minutes. Skim, pour into glasses and seal. The beet juice can be kept in refrigerator for some time.
I made this several times when we had a garden in Oregon and it's really a great raspberry jelly after all !!!
!
09-18-2011, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
I like them just as simple, boiled beets .... of course, with butter and salt/pepper! You can freeze them, to reheat later.
And for me, you can't have too many pickled beets!
And for me, you can't have too many pickled beets!
09-18-2011, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by sewlisa
We have an overabundance of beets this year. One can only use so many pickled beets, and harvard beets do not appeal. What do you do with beets?
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