My great grandma’s pickled beets are legendary in my family. All my aunts and uncles talk about how good they were. Each of them has sampled modern versions of pickled beets and nothing ever compares. There was something special about her beets that can’t be duplicated. No one remembers exactly how she made them. As far as we know she never wrote the recipe down and when my great grandma passed away, the recipe went with her. I have a suspicion about the real secret ingredient.

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