echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu (Edward Chrzanowski) (12/15/87)
Copyright (C) 1987 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE WIGILIA-3 SL "1 Dec 87" 1987 .RZ "CWIKLA" "Pickled beets" 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. .IH "Serves 4\-6" .IG "3 cups" "cooked or canned beets," "600 g" sliced .IG "1 Tbsp" "fresh horseradish," "15 ml" grated (or use .AB "4 tsp" "20 ml" prepared horseradish) .IG "8" "whole cloves" (or use .AB "\(12 tsp" "2.5 ml" caraway seed) .IG "2 cups" "vinegar" "500 ml" .IG "1 Tbsp" "brown sugar" "20 g" .IG "2 tsp" "salt" "10 ml" .PH .SK 1 Layer beets in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with horseradish and cloves. .SK 2 Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes. Pour over the beets. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy. .I Time: 15 minutes preparation, 1 day pickling. .I Precision: Approximate measurement OK. .WR 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 echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski