Harvard Beets

½cup sugar             

½ cup vinegar

2 Tbsps. corn-starch        

2 Tbsps. butter

1 tsp. salt

2 cans (1 lb. each) sliced beets

Mix first 6 ingredients in saucepan. Add 1 cup liquid drained from beets. Cook this, very basic, sweet and sour sauce, until thickened, stirring constantly. Add beets and simmer 10 minutes. Makes 8 servings.