I love pickled beets… especially the ones that my great grandma used to make… and my grandmother… and my mom… and well.. now me…

I asked my grandma for her mom’s recipe when she was here last and this week beets were cheap at .99 for 5lbs… so today I decided to make them…

10 lbs of beets In the pot…

let's boil the beets!

boil for about 2 hours…

big pot on the stove...

all cooked and ready to be peeled and sliced…

10 lbs cooked beets...

all peeled…

peeled and ready to be cut...

sliced… (aren’t they beautiful)

all sliced

6 cups Vinegar, 3 cups Beet Juice and 4 cups sugar…

beet juice...

jars ready

jars cleaned and ready

All filled up…

all ready...

processed for 30min in boiling water…

processing...

a dozen jars of pickled beets…

a dozen jars of homemade pickled beets..