In article >,
(Victor Sack) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > OK, so it's not blood, it's beet juice.
>
> It must be the Real Barb this time! Halleluiah!
>
> Here, read this:
> <http://www.editred.com/Uploads/st_22094_Ode_to_beetroot>.
>
> > I bought and cooked some (pressure cooked) last week and didn't pickle
> > them because I thought I might have overcooked them.
>
> No, I am sure you were just greedy and ate all of them "as is".
>
> > So this morning I
> > bought more -- $4 for four bunches of about 5 each, I think.
>
> This is a ridiculously small amount for pickling. You need at least ten
> times as much!
>
> > I washed
> > them in the washing machine along with the little cukes that are now
> > bread and butter pickles, and four small terry towels. I pressure
> > cooked these suckers, too, for less time than the others (I'm pretty
> > sure) and I'm not sure about these, either. Crap.
>
> Indeed, you ought to have roasted them instead.

Yeah, right. Eau de Terra Firma.
>
> > I just took them from the boiling water bath after 30 minutes of
> > processing.
>
> Way too long. If you boil beets normally, 30 minutes is plenty. In a
> pressure cookier, 15 minutes is too long, 10 is enough.

You misunderstood, Bubba Vic. Thirty minutes is how long it takes to
process the filled jars for safe storage. I pressure cooked them for 15
minutes, I think. Too long for their size, I think.

> In between. BTW, that $175 jar of beet pickles was great, one of the
> best I've ever had.

It was a blue ribbon winner ‹ it should have been good.
>
> > As far as entering them in the Fair ‹ well, I'm going to. I used a
> > different recipe this year than last ‹ and have no clue about what they
> > taste like. Rob won't eat them either.
>
> He saves them for the fair.

Not.

> > Jeez, I oughtta be locked up.
>
> Yes, because if you won't also enter Barb's Beety Beauty you will have
> trouble winning more than a couple of black ribbons.
>
> Bubba

I've only got one package of Kool Aid left, Bubba Vic. And to do that
jelly, I have to peel the beets before cooking them. Bleah!

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