Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Bubba, you're so hot for this stuff, YOU make it, fortheluvvapete!

You no longer want to win any ribbons?

You do realise, of course, that the thousands of visitors to the
Minnesota State Fair only come because they are hoping to get a taste of
Barb's Beety Beauty? If the hope is no longer there, no one will come,
not even the judges, and you will have to try and be content with just
one ribbon for your beet pickles, which will be yours by default.

Have you no ambition, woman?!

Bubba

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> OK, so it's not blood, it's beet juice.
>
> I bought and cooked some (pressure cooked) last week and didn't pickle
> them because I thought I might have overcooked them. So this morning I
> bought more -- $4 for four bunches of about 5 each, I think. 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.
>
> I just took them from the boiling water bath after 30 minutes of
> processing. Five pints and two half pint jars. Barf.
>
> All you pickled beet freaks, what's the texture of the beet supposed to
> be? Fork tender? A little bit of tooth?

Between the two. Solid and firm, not al dente.

-L.

In article >,
Steve Wertz > wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:20:53 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > All you pickled beet freaks, what's the texture of the beet supposed to
> > be? Fork tender? A little bit of tooth?
>
> They need to be tested by eating to see if they have the right
> texture.
>
> So have at it. They should be lightly crisp, but not to the
> point you'd teeth to chew them.
>
> -sw

Poop! These aren't crisp -- I can tell that by sticking the knife into
them. Oh, well. Maybe next year. Or maybe the judges like
"tender-cooked beets" in a brine. I'll know in five weeks. Feh!
--
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