Oh, don't use canned beets. Take time cook fresh beets up. So much better! And pickle them both. Yum!

Lizgirl,

Note that we're talking about an Amish recipe. Those are home-canned beats. And the solution is a pickling brine, so there's no need to doulble dip on the pickling.

When I make these I slice the beets and they remain in the liquid along with the eggs. I snack on both.

I never ate homemade canned red beets but I would imagine they would loose their texture like the store bought canned beets.

Hellmann's Mayo is my FAV (on the west coast and in Alaska it's called "Best Foods") but I was raised in the mid-west on Miracle Whip. Today I mostly hate the stuff and I tease my family to no end for it's severe sweetness (I jokingly tell them I could never slather my bologna sandwich with anything that could double as pancake syrup!) but there are a couple of things that I enjoy more when made w/ Miracle Whip, and deviled eggs is one of them. Anyone else?

I never could develop a taste for Miracle Whip. I grew up on Hellman's, and the other stuff just tastes off to me.