On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:37:57 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Do I check out the new Surly Table in town?
>> > Do I make the Pickled Boiled Dirt Chunks?
>> > Do I make the Bean Pickles?
>> > The first would be the most fun.
>> > The third doesn't require any more shopping.
>> > The second requires a trip to the local liquor store for red wine.
>> > The first would be most fun . . . . .
>> > --
>> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> > http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
>> > pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007
>>
>> In this order
>>
>> 1. Go to town and check out Surly Table
>> 2. While in town, go to liquor store and pick up bottle of red wine.
>> 3. Go home and drink bottle of red wine
>> 4. Throw away Dirt Chunks, problem solved.
>> 5. Make Bean Pickles...or not....you won't care one way or another after
>> consuming the wine anyway!
>>
>> Your Welcome!
>>
>> KW
>
>I like the way you think, Keith. I really do. Come over here and sit
>by me.
>
>It's 1:30 and I've done the two pints of bean pickles for the Fair.
>I've some leftovers sitting in the brine that will be fridge-stored
>without processing.
>
>The boiled dirt chunks were boiled and peeled last night and I think I
>over-cooked them, so I have a nasty feeling that I'm going to be making
>them later in the week, when I get more fresh blech. I may pour some
>sort of brine over what I cooked yesterday and give them to someone as a
>gift. I can think of two people who offered to take last year's Fair
>jars off my hands so I don't think getting rid of them will be a
>problem. They may not be like Aunt June's (June Cleaver), but they'll
>probably be better than what Aunt Nellie sells. I haven't tasted the
>greens I cooked.


I over processed the pickled beets yesterday. We do not talk about
how that happened. I've got to see if I can find some more. Just
finished Bread and Butter pickles. Waiting the 5 minutes to take them
out of the BWB. Got them out and they all sealed.


>All of this seems to leave me with a plan to visit Surly Table. I don't
>have any money to spend right now so it might well be a fortuitous time
>to pay them a call. :-)
>
>Gotta stay sober for tonight's pork chops, though. I'm thinking grilled
>chops, parsleyed new potatoes, and green beans (not the pickled ones).

Supper tonight are leftovers. Zucchini and green beans from my
garden. Potatoes from Mr. Nance at the farmers market. His garden is
about a mile from me. Pete grilled some chicken.

Guess I better get the dishwasher unloaded and reloaded.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)