SYRUP:

1 c. vinegar
1 c. sugar
2 c. water
1 heaping tbsp. whole pickling spice tied in a cloth

Wash beets and cook until tender. Rinse quickly in cold water and peel. Slice beets or quarter as you prefer. Boil above ingredients for 5 or 10 minutes and add the sliced beets. Remove the spice bag. Bring to boil for several minutes and keep bubbling on the stove as you pack and seal one jar at a time. Have jars and caps clean and ready to sterilize in a pan of boiling water.