Title: Mom’s Pickled Beets (from the Taste of Home cookbook)

Ingredients:

3/4 cup vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup water

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3/4 to 1 teaspoon pepper

One large onion thinly sliced

Two cans of beets, undrained (131/4 ounce cans)

Sliced green onions (optional)

Directions:

In a saucepan, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; add beets. let stand at room temperature for 1 hour. Cover and chill 6 hours or overnight. Garnish with green onions if desired. Yield: 6 servings.