"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> 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!
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
> pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

You gonna make Kool-aid pickles for the Fair. I think the NYTs called the
Koolickles.
-ginny