Making Pickled Beets in Appalachia

In this video I share the recipe I use for pickling beets. We had a good beet harvest this year and I've been putting up some of them in the form of pickled beets so that we can enjoy them all winter long!
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[@ThePatriotNurse]

I love me some pickled beets!!!

[@marymcdonald6458]

I love pickled beets. I grew up eating cornbread, pinto beans, fried potatoes and pickled beets. Thanks for reminding me of my childhood

[@jeffscott8323]

Dawm. You ate good. Ummmm

[@leonardgordon1748]

Nothing is better than pickled beets. In PA we would put hard boiled eggs with the beets as a special treat. This was very common among the Amish and Mennonite communities in South Central PA. God Bless

[@truestory8989]

I love pickled beets and my family also added boiled eggs my auntie in PA would send them in the mail to us

[@nwjavahead]

As someone from both E Pa and Appalachia Pa I fully agree to this!

[@metalsomemother3021]

My family is from Western PA and I love the eggs more than the beets, but the beets are delicious too.

[@marisueharves3493]

My mama was born & raised in the Central PA Amish country (Mifflin County) and made us pickled beet eggs while we were growing up, using an old family recipe. Now my adult nephew uses that recipe to make pickled beet eggs for our annual trips to Cannon Beach, Oregon - YUM!

[@janetbailey4753]

I grew up with pickled beets and eggs. I'm Polish and we loved them.

[@scottblack3381]

It's nothing for me to eat a whole jar in one sitting! I love me some pickled beets, thanks for sharing!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

We can wipe out a jar at one meal too 🙂

[@donaldwells2102]

Love pickled beets, My wife's Aunt Oma would can pickled beets, they were delicious. She lived in Petros Tn.,we were privileged to eat Sunday Dinners at her humble home. Gone on to be with the Lord, we sure do miss her. Tipper, Your beets look delicious. Thanks For Sharing 🙂.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Donald-seems like all Sunday dinners need a plate or bowl of beets 🙂

[@craftsbeautyandlife5163]

I want to make these for my mom. She is 81 and loves them. Thank you for this great video.

[@tonym2513]

I don’t like beets, but I LOVE pickled beets. Go figure. This was another excellent video, ma’am.

[@judyabernathy80]

I absolutely love pickled beets. Yours look so pretty in the jars. To me, beets taste like the earth smells! So good. ♥️❣️🙏🏼❣️♥️

[@saner6888]

Can’t beat a beet! Love them with my salads, also like them pickled with onions and yes they taste very earthy but guess I like that!!!

[@Prepping_mimi]

We love our pickled beets. And the health benefits are just a big plus!

[@christinesmith4706]

Love pickled beets. They look so pretty when they are canned.

[@justanotherperson584]

I absolutely love roasted beets. My mom puts them in her salad and makes a beet salad. Yummy.

[@janetslicer3637]

I have never had a pickled beet. But they do look delicious! I feel good just watching you. Thank you.

[@randalllaue4042]

You are becoming everyone’s step grandmother... few have this family knowledge...

[@196305ful]

I love the "earthy" taste of homemade pickled beets!

[@danamarie4847]

I love pickled beets. When I boil them I do how Granny does with her green beans ( I bring them to a boil and simmer for a couple of minutes, drain and refill with water). Also, I think Lutz beets are a beet that has a touch of sweetness and does not taste like dirt.

[@lyndaalexander6582]

Going to try my luck. I love pickled beets now , although I didn’t growing up in West Virginia. I’ve been making sauerkraut this summer and am loving it. Thanks for that one, too.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Hope you enjoy the beets 🙂

[@205stacy]

I love pickle beets and my wife says they tastes like dirt smells. I plan to try your recipe very soon. Love your videos.

[@louisianalady7105]

I love beets! Nobody else in my family does, so more for me! 🥰

[@donnielaws7020]

That's looks so good my friend. Great job.

[@amberharper9975]

As a little girl I never liked beets. For the same reason your girls didn’t, they taste like dirt smells! Lol Now I just adore them. I’ve never grown or pickled beets, but would like to. Our garden had been on the smaller side so I was selective about what I grew because I wanted to make sure I had my most favorite things. Now, my husband extended our garden so I’ll be able to try out more varieties. Beets will be one of them! Thanks so much for showing us your method!

[@randalllaue4042]

The store’s don’t have the size we eat...

[@wkayt100]

Hahaha. Me too. The dirt on our farm grew the best. Sad I waited so long to start liking them

[@jeremyyff3632]

I love beets, they always make me think of my grandmother and large dinners when on the farm here in Minnesota. I use a similar recipe to make mine, I just add the beets into the brine and cook them in it. I can eat the whole jar in one sitting by myself.

[@Ithilwen22]

I've never been a fan of beets, pickled or otherwise, but my mom absolutely loves them. She gets a jar from the local vegetable stand in my hometown every week because she goes through them so fast!

[@sondrapowell5487]

When we heated the beets for a meal, my mother always thickened the liquid with corn starch and some butter to pour over them. So good!

[@sharonwest1602]

I love beets and no they don’t taste like dirt Thank You for showing us how to make pickle beets they are so good 😊

[@lateknightr3038]

i absolutely love your videos.....my mom and grandma made the best pickled beets..such fond memories of my childhood out in the country

[@gmdelatorre3759]

I love beets, I didn't know that it was so simple to preserve them. You have inspired me to plant some... Thank you. GM

[@OldWaysGardeningandPrepping]

Absolutely love pickled beets. ❤️🍀

[@wblack751]

I use the same recipe and everybody loves them. Walmart has the same jar that you use for kraut but in a smaller size. Holds one dozen hard boiled eggs and one quart of pickled beets. We always have a jar in the fridge. I think that's a Pennsylvania thing.

[@danieleveritt2823]

I genuinely love pickled beets and this looks so easy to do. Thank you for sharing this. It gives me encouragement to try something new!

[@okiejammer2736]

Love this! I've long wanted a good and simple Pickled Beet recipe. Thanks so much.

[@JT-py9lv]

One of my most cherished treats.

[@sharonbargercarnes4414]

Love pickled beets! My mom’s recipe included cloves. She didn’t let the beets grow too big before harvesting them because she didn’t like the texture of the big ones. The small ones were left whole, and the bigger ones were quartered.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I bet cloves would be really good with them 🙂

[@1hdgurl]

We always used pickling spice. I

[@melissafoster1228]

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[@mrdfoutz]

All I can do is repeat my comment from your green bean episode! I could (and did) eat Grandma's pickled beets and canned green beans until I was plumb foundered! And she always saved a few extra jars of beets cause she knew I loved them. I really think that watching you folks just before bed time produces a calming effect. So much better than the "news". Hope to see ya again tomorrow night!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

🙂 Thank you!!

[@maryeliason1504]

There is just me so I started saving the juice from my sweet pickles. I will then get a can of beets & put in the juice with garlic cloves. Perfect. I do peaches too. Sounds lazy, but it works. I love the color. They are full of minerals from the earth. Good to see you again. I love these visits.

[@rolandpinette9946]

Nice job with the pickled beets, Tipper. They look delicious! There's a certain feeling of security that comes from putting-up a pantry-full of fresh food, isn't there? And in these uncertain times, that's not a bad idea. Thanks for posting!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Roland-there is! I used to feel like I was on Little House on the Prairie as I helped Granny put up food as a girl 🙂

[@rolandpinette9946]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Most importantly, you are passing those skills and values on to your daughters. Kudos for that! They will be well served by that knowledge.

[@JackieOgle]

Oh my goodness! My grandmother Margaret made the BEST pickled beets and Harvard Beets! I miss her and them so much!

[@jules9628]

Oh my goodness never heard ANYone else say they tasted like dirt! So loved to hear it-I said it as you did -just knew the girls were going to say the same! Theres something about beets, that earthy taste feels like you NEED to eat them and so good! Another thumbs up really nice video. 🙏

[@andreaszule1558]

They are beautiful! I love beets. I think that will be my first canning to try.

[@wahmanteam1578]

My Mom would can about 50 quarts of pickled beets every summer. We had pinto beans almost every night during the winter, and nothing goes better with a piping hot plate of pinto beans than some pickled beets, onions, and buttered cornbread! Thanks for the great video :)

[@DebadooCreates]

I've only eaten them pickled and I love love pickled beets!! I've been trying to find my aunt's recipe Since I've never made them. It seems like she put cloves in but I can't remember. Mostly I've only had commercially Jarred pickle beets, but they don't taste like dirt to me. Could be because they're commercially done & junk they put in there covers it up so you'll buy them. Lol.

[@dianejohanson98]

I have always loved pickled beets and my Mom used to can them for us. This sounds like a simple recipe. If I can find beets I think I will try this. Thank you for the tutorial. I love your canning videos.

[@rosedwight4861]

U did it one more time. I love pickled beets & the great memories of my Dad’s family. Only thing missing would be some pinto beans, sausage, or slice of ham, biscuits, homemade butter & sorghum molasses. I need these wonderful memories to keep me going during this lockdown & isolation.

[@kham6006]

Are you still locked down ? Why

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@@kham6006 the virus

[@konijntjesbroek]

Beans, greens, grits, and beet pickles is hands down my favorite fall to spring dinner. I use the grits in the beans as a lazy man's version of beans and cornbread. Toss in 53g of grits for each serving of beans anywhere from 10 - 45 minutes before serving depending on how much bite you want left in the finished product. Leftovers set up and make for a nice savory slice of fried mush the day after. And very little goes better on stewed greens than pickle juice.

[@slm3913]

Oh my goodness! This is the way mama pickled beets. We would can some every year to get us thru winter up to Easter.

[@virgorising7388]

I've love beets. I never really think about their "earthy" flavor because next to their sweetness that is their great charm. My mother always boiled them and served them buttered. I always roast them, dice them and toss them with a vinaigrette. Now, I'm going to have to try this simple recipe.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It's really good 🙂

[@kellywhite9299]

A German aunt of mine would save the beet juice in a 2 quart jar and add hard boiled eggs and keep in the fridge. Sliced, these beet eggs were great in a spinach salad or regular salad.

[@davidhalldurham]

Lovely video. Thank you so much. I absolutely love beets in any form, but I'm the only person in my family who does. Like your family, my family says they taste like dirt. Well, I tell them, I've never tasted such delicious dirt in my life. Thank you again for the video.

[@carolynpurser7469]

Love pickled beets. Yes, they do have an earthy flavor.

[@faukerconsulting835]

😍I can put a dent in a few quarts of pickled beets!!!😜👍🏻 💞My grandmother always had pickled beets, pickled okra, bread and butter pickles, and many other veggies...these 3 are the first thing I went to get from the cellar when we got there followed by gathering eggs and the garden goodies before supper...I'm glad I am able to can things like she did and have ventured to jalapenos 😉

[@joncothranphotography9375]

I used to eat beets when I was a kid. Pa would make pickled beets and we would look like a scene from a horror film when eating them. Then for whatever reason, he quit growing them. I was grown before I had any more. I think that I would like this recipe. I like the sweet ones. Thanks!

[@aba687]

We eat tonnes of pickled beets in Liverpool England. Always served with our local dish "Scouse". 😋

[@juanitaminch4540]

My mom made pickled beets the very same way as this lady did. I loved them and here is something she used to make, Beet Eggs, boil some eggs and put them in the beet juice when most of the beets were eaten, leave several days, up to a week in the frig, and the eggs would turn purple clear to the yolk, even the yolk was kind of purple and so tasty.

[@pattytheseeker8902]

Lot's of folks don't like beets, pickled or otherwise. I love pickled beets!❤ I only pickle a few jars every year now. Some people won't even try them. I have a friend who likes them & my little 2nd cousin Daniel loves them, he's 6'5" tall, 18 years old & just started college.

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[@jamesyoung3556]

Love pickled beets. My Granny used to make them and picked peaches. She passed in 1999 and I haven't had a pickled peach since. Sure miss her.

[@rg1599]

I love pickled beets, especially in the summer as a side to a bacon sandwich.

[@10Bdog10]

Love cold pickled beets in the summertime 😋

[@benlaw4647]

Enjoyed this! Pickled beets are oh so good and good for you ! Thanks tipper....God bless...🙏

[@nikkihoo627]

I make them that way too! The only difference is I leave about 2 inches of the stems so that they don't bleed out as much. They still peel really easy and the top stems just peel off too! 😉

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@connieposey8252]

I remember my mom canning pickled beets when we were kids and how much we loved them. You remind me of my mom in appearance. Thank you for this recipe and sharing your knowledge of canning.

[@branejane800]

Love beets and your canning process. I usually boil and peel them, slice them or quarter them, and then add a sliced sweet onion. Sometimes I even add some feta cheese. Wow is that delicious, too. I've heard but have never tested that golden beets are a little less "earthy" tasting than red beets.

[@gypsylady3598]

Thank you for this video. I happened to have beets i was going to roast but you changed my mind. I am going to pickle my beets. Thank you for your time and work. God bless you and yours!

[@suecastillo4056]

Loved this! Beets are soooo good!! Raw in salads too! Super sweet! Thank you for doing these so we could learn!♥️‼️😘

[@unaka1983]

Love that earthy taste!

[@lorelynleisure4048]

I love pickled beets! They do have a little taste of dirt I guess but I really enjoy beets. I also use the brine to make pickled eggs after we eat the beats.

[@bunitamarcus5173]

Perfect timing! I've been enjoying your videos and wondering what I should do with all my extra beets. Thank you for the benefit of your experience.

[@selenahadlow9700]

Awesome.great and simple teaching.You make it look so easy.we always had beets growing up.Now,Ibuy from store.very good with green beans.Thanks Tipper for another winning video.If I had a family at home I would can still.looks so comforting.🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏God Bless family♥️

[@zeldaknight1207]

I can remember helping my Granny and my Mom can beets when I was young, they would cook them with the skins on and then dump them in the sink in cold water, after a few minutes of cooling, we would squeeze them just a little and the skins would just slide off, it was really fun to help do that!...but out of all that fun, my favorite part was eating them!! Lol

[@rebeccadavis6812]

I just ate some pickled beets yesterday. I am the only one in my family who will eat them. My mother and dad really liked them, but I did not really eat them growing up, however, I do like beets now.Yesterday, my husband made a face while watching me eat those pickled beets from the salad bar and said he liked them roasted but not like that. I told him he didn't know what he was missing : ) tastes like dirt but they are GOOD! and I still like them too (LOL)! I do not have a canner and have never put up any food like this. I keep watching videos to try to learn how, you make it look pretty easy to do. I am looking for a canner that I can use on my glass top stove and when I find one that will work I am going to try this recipe. Thank you for the video showing how you make these.

[@AmyLovesOldStuff]

I love beets fixed any way. I don’t think they taste like dirt. My grandma never grew beets either but my aunt did. She got me hooked on them as a child staying the summer and winter holidays. I then begged my mother to try some and she got addicted to them so we ended up growing them in our kitchen garden. Thanks for the memories. I love your show.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Amy 😀

[@camscott1986]

Absolutely love beets! Pickled and Roasted. The beet greens are really good sautéed like you cook your spinach.

[@thanaeller3533]

I used to pickle beets all the time. I learned how from a sweet elderly German lady.

[@FlutyLickHomestead]

Now those look great! We love pickled beets!

[@TennesseeTea]

Thank You for sharing this with us I miss my Momma's homemade pickled beets so much. This recipe really reminded me of how we would can or pickle almost everything from the field. God Bless you! Sending much love from Appalachia, East Tennessee 💖✨️

[@christophermaggard9917]

Pickled beets , and shucked beans and fresh onion, and cornbread is one of my fondest memories! And of course saving th the beet juice for coloring the pickled eggs!

[@dadawesome784]

Love it. Thank you Missus Tipper. I pickled my beets as well. I prefer to use a vinegar blend of white and apple cider vinegars. Going to be delicious come this fall and winter!

[@haroldarmstrong8285]

No doubt your beets look sooo good. My Mom pretty much pickled her beets the same way and we’re they delicious...oh yes! Just love watching you cook; reminds me of my Dear Mom. Thank you

[@denniscompton5800]

As an American expat I loved your video and your lovely accent made it even better. You made me laugh out loud with the "they taste like dirt, I always said mud but having not eaten a lot of either I suppose it's the same. When I was a kid and the only way I had ever had them was pickled but can take them both ways now. Will definitely check out your book. I live in Asia now so have had to learn to make all the things I miss from scratch.

[@timmccarver4121]

Hated beets until I grew up and got to missing all the things that we did when I was growing up.

[@pnwRC.]

I LOVE homemade pickled beets! That stuff from a can in the store doesn't even compare to homemade. I miss having property that's large enough that I can have a garden area!

[@michaelcoughlin8966]

I was interested by the amount of all spice berries used, i am a fan of these

[@kimberlyking9947]

oh gosh those pickled beets look sooooo good!! I love pickled beets, they taste like the earth.

[@rickmorton7819]

I’m planting beets as part of my fall garden. My wife and sons like them. I’ve never cared that much for them. But again you taught me something. I didn’t no you can roast them. I enjoy the video!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Rick-they are so good roasted 🙂

[@kimberlykcmcrochet4489]

Thank you love this recipe and the good directions you share. 😊

[@1995jug]

Tipper like you we never had beets growing up but my aunt raised them when we would go there i would get a jar and eat the whole jar myself.

[@collettemcquaide1662]

They look delicious. They'd make ideal Christmas gifts, they look so festive. X

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

The do make good gifts! I've given jars of beets before 🙂

[@brendawoods554]

We enjoy pickled beets, I always use my grandmother's recipe, I always leave a couple inches of the stems on the beets and remove them after boiling them, that way they don't loose their deep purple color. Thank you for the video.

[@sandrapeffly6392]

I love pickled beets! And I just love your videos.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Sandra 😀

[@lindareinking5326]

I boil sweet potatoes in skin for easy pealing. I think they are more flavorful. Make them with brown sugar, butter and cinnamon. So good. We love beets as well. Very pretty beets

[@lil69mikey]

Love pickled beets especially with onion in jar

[@janetbailey4753]

I have pickled beets in my fridge now. Yummy

[@stupidusedrnames]

From what I understand, you need to take off rings so if something goes bad the seal will break and if the ring is still screwed on there's a chance it will reseal and you won't know. I'm a beginner so that was something I heard and it made sense to me.

[@amymaddamma4448]

I never liked beets cooked until I boiled them with the greens still attached. It changes the flavor significantly. I boil them for 45 min then the peels and greens come off easily. Then I pickle them. Love your channel.

[@tonytherf-mb3dg]

Surely enjoy these videos of you Canning. ❤

[@shinysideup7017]

Thank you for this video Tipper. My Mama used to pickle beets and I loved when she would open a jar for Sunday dinner! Yumm! Be well!

[@B_Sue_E]

Love pickled beets ,always have …so good .

[@dennissmallwood9592]

I love pickled beets and I love to drink the juice after the beets have been eaten. The juice tastes better than Kool Ade.

[@deborahthomas-wilton]

Love pickled beets, they are one of my favorite pickles. I also make what my Gran called red root relish which is so good with cold meats and salad.

[@allyson5712]

Never met a beet I didn’t like, delicious!!! Great video, thank you 😊