1.   Although he makes the seven spices and the pickled beets from scratch, they can be purchased, he said.

2.   Formanova and Cylindra are carrot-shaped beets, easy to slice into perfect disks for pickled beets.

3.   Q. I am making pickled beets, which are delicious, but my hands are heavily stained.

4.   Recipes include Pennsylvania Dutch pickled beets and eggs, and smoked sausage with juniper berries and sauerkraut.

5.   The company sells gift packages that include pepper cabbage, bean salad, pickled beets, seedless blackberry jam and tomato jam.