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Beets, To Bake.
Beets are sweeter and nicer baked than boiled. The sugar, of which a good beet is full, is retained better by baking than by boiling, which extracts and carries off considerable of their natural sweetness. Turn, if need be, occasionally, to avoid burning. To be washed, but not peeled till after baking. Serve with butter, pepper and salt, the same as if boiled, but they will be found nicer and sweeter than if boiled.
Stewed Beets with Onions. —Pare thinly, and slice thinly, and put with some sliced onions, 1/4 to 1/2 as much, according to the fondness of the family for onions, putting into a stew-pan with pepper, salt, and butter rubbed with a little flour; stir into hot water or milk enough to cover them well, and stew till the beets are tender. Young beets will require about an hour, old ones longer. Serve hot at dinner.
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