3 tablespoons butter
1½ tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon salt
Cut beets in one-fourth inch slices, add butter, sugar, and salt; reheat for serving.
Pickled Beets
Slice cold boiled beets and cover with vinegar.
Beets, Sour Sauce
Wash beets, and cook in boiling salted water until soft. Drain, and reserve one-half cup water in which beets were cooked. Plunge into cold water, rub off skins and cut into cubes. Reheat in
Sour Sauce. Melt two tablespoons butter, add two tablespoons flour, and pour on the beet water. Add one-fourth cup, each, vinegar and cream, one teaspoon sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, and a few grains pepper.