Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> They came in 4th of 23. A ribbon!! Excellent!!! For something that
> has never been past my lips!!! THAT's the best part of all this!!

4th place is simply shameful. It is clear that you have put in far too
few beets in the jar, having been unable to resist eating the rest.

> (Four blues, five third place, two fourth place -- I won't be the grand
> poohbah for canning and I don't care!

You disgraced yourself again. And to think it would take submitting
just one extra entry, the heavenly Barb's Beety Beauty, to win *all* the
blue ribbons!

Bubba