"pickle" > wrote in message
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> "The Joneses" > wrote in message
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> I would not recommend short cutting the receipe. Use the time tested
method. Beets (depending on size) take approximately 25 >minutes before the
skins come off easily. Once sliced and in the brine they should be canned
for 30 full minutes and then stowed >in a cool dry place.
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Perhaps I'm picking them when they're too young, maybe they will soften with
age, but I don't want them to get woody.

Pete