Day 55: Swedish Vegetables
Here I thought I was being sooo smart, making supper-time vegetables first thing in the morning. The recipe was a reprise of Day 36's Swedish Beets, the food obsession of the moment. With a freezer full of frozen vegetables needing cooking+consumption, I piled a couple of bags - still frozen - into a big glass jar while the vinegar mix was heating up in the microwave, tossed them together and threw the jar in the frig. The idea: The hot liquid would thaw the vegetables. The vinegar would cook them. Eight hours later - the vegetables were still a bit icy and, well, raw. Twenty-four hours later - delicious, a summer standby. SWEDISH VEGETABLES Active time: 5 minutes Time to table: 24 hours Serves 8 1 cup cider vinegar (I'm liking cider vinegar a bit more though the white is perfectly good too) 1 cup water 1/4 cup sugar (reduced from 1/2 cup in Swedish beets) 2 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper (a defining ingredient, don't skip it) 16 ounces cut frozen green beans (or wha