• 1 (15 1/2-ounce) jar Aunt Nellie's Harvard Beets, undrained • 1/2 cup butter, softened • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar • 2 large eggs • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice • ...

But I had good reason. My mother, to her credit, never tortured us with canned beets. We went to a local New Jersey farmstand and brought home perfectly nice fresh beets, but they only ever got cooked ...

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This recipe offers an opportunity to put sustainability on your table, making use of every bit of a beet, save its thin skin.