Eating: Ontario Beets, Two Pecks, Pickled

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Pickling beets is a near-annual event in my house, something my Dad and his buddies do almost every year. The beets they use always come from the Port Colborne Farmers Market and are well-known as the best you've ever tasted. (These jars only come out at special occasions.) This year I asked if I could help, and they obliged! Mine were the tenderfoot jobs: Cutting the tops and bottoms off of the raw beets, watching the pots so they don't boil over, peeling the skins, and of course post-pickling clean up.

But I also learned a lot. (There are four pecks to a bushel, and 2 pecks to a half bushel.)

And now have two small jars of my very own.