[Sca-cooks] pickled beets?

[Stefan li Rous]

Adamantius commented:
> I did this a month or so ago, in an extremely munitions-grade,
> quick-and-dirty method: commercial beet horseradish mixed with
> commercial pickled beets, drained and grated, with salt and the
> spices added. It turned out surprisingly good after a maceration
> period of about 8 hours (I bruised the seeds). And then there was the
> fun of trying (and failing) to prevent the other cooks from making
> beet-vinegar switchel for the unwary and thirsty... for some reason
> people kept thinking it was some kind of wine...

So, what was the impression of this switchel? Or did folks suddenly
stop drinking it and refuse to drink any more after they realized it
wasn't wine?

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