Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In fact, it's never gonna get off the
> ground. Fermented beets sounds as disgusting as anything I've run into
> lately. You prevert!

They are made largerly the same way your mother used to make beet kvas
(fermented beet juice) for your beloved borscht, to which you are still
addicted. Fermented beets are your future! You may have achieved the
pinnacle of your Order's hierarchy by creating Barb's Beety Beauty and
becoming Mother Superior, but you still have an eternal obligation for
furthering your spiritual development. This does not mean experimenting
with booze; it means fermenting beets! It is your calling and your next
step in achieving spiritual perfection through grace of the Holy
Beetroot.

Bubba

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> (Victor Sack) wrote:
> >
> > Indeed, you ought to have roasted them instead.
>
> Yeah, right. Eau de Terra Firma.

Not at all, not much of the heavenly aroma at all.

> 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.

Well, then perhaps you shouldn't cook them at all. 30 minutes of
processing the filled jars in boiling water should take care of that.
The beets will be cooked in their pickling liquid. Maybe process for a
bit longer, just to make sure they are soft enough.

> I've only got one package of Kool Aid left, Bubba Vic.

Nonsense! You can get more and I have posted the sources 13 days ago.
Here are they again:

<http://www.shopfoodex.com/koolaid-jammers-juice-pouches-count-blue-raspberry-p-27123.html>

<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0004LVZIQ/fatlenscom-20>

<http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/3/CLID/55/N/82482/Kool_Aid_Beverages.htm>

Also, consider Flavor Aid, which is said to be similar:
<http://www.jelsert.com/products_flavoraid.asp>.

> And to do that
> jelly, I have to peel the beets before cooking them. Bleah!

Use commercial beet juice. I can get it easily in bottles or
Tetra-paks, in fact I have a couple of Tetra-paks right here. You can
get it, too. See, for example,
<http://www.truefoodsmarket.com/product_info.php/products_id/4317>.

Bubba

In article >,
(Victor Sack) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > (Victor Sack) wrote:
> > >
> > > Indeed, you ought to have roasted them instead.
> >
> > Yeah, right. Eau de Terra Firma.
>
> Not at all, not much of the heavenly aroma at all.
>
> > 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.
>
> Well, then perhaps you shouldn't cook them at all. 30 minutes of
> processing the filled jars in boiling water should take care of that.
> The beets will be cooked in their pickling liquid. Maybe process for a
> bit longer, just to make sure they are soft enough.
>
> > I've only got one package of Kool Aid left, Bubba Vic.
>
> Nonsense! You can get more and I have posted the sources 13 days ago.
> Here are they again:
>
> <http://www.shopfoodex.com/koolaid-ja...lue-raspberry-
> p-27123.html>
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0004LVZIQ/fatlenscom-20>
>
> <http://www.foodservicedirect.com/ind...Kool_Aid_Bever
> ages.htm>
>
> Also, consider Flavor Aid, which is said to be similar:
> <http://www.jelsert.com/products_flavoraid.asp>.
>
> > And to do that
> > jelly, I have to peel the beets before cooking them. Bleah!
>
> Use commercial beet juice. I can get it easily in bottles or
> Tetra-paks, in fact I have a couple of Tetra-paks right here. You can
> get it, too. See, for example,
> <http://www.truefoodsmarket.com/product_info.php/products_id/4317>.
>
> Bubba

Bubba, you're so hot for this stuff, YOU make it, fortheluvvapete!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

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

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> I just showed the jars to Rob and we both laughed.
> HE's not about to eat them, either.

Hey, I've volunteered in the past ... :-)

sd

In article >,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:

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

Actually, a local barbeque joint (Famous Dave's) will be offering
Kool-Aid pickles at the Fair this year.

sd

In article >,
(Victor Sack) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > Bubba, you're so hot for this stuff, YOU make it, fortheluvvapete!
>
> You no longer want to win any ribbons?

Bubba, there is (are?) a finite number of categories and maybe ONE where
I could submit that stuff -- and I've got other options that are a
helluva lot more appealing than Beet Jelly, fercripesake!
>
> 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?

Nevah happen there.

> 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?!

Not much, Bubba, not much.
My only ambition is that there be a decent dead spread when I croak.

> Bubba

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

In article >,
sd > wrote:

> In article >,
> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
>
> > You gonna make Kool-aid pickles for the Fair. I think the NYTs called the
> > Koolickles.
>
> Actually, a local barbeque joint (Famous Dave's) will be offering
> Kool-Aid pickles at the Fair this year.
>
> sd

Saints preserve us! Oy!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:barbschaller-
:

> Not much, Bubba, not much.
> My only ambition is that there be a decent dead spread when I croak.
>

Well then you'd better send Buba some beet jelly to 'put aside' for that
spread....
--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> (Victor Sack) wrote:
> >
> > You no longer want to win any ribbons?
>
> Bubba, there is (are?) a finite number of categories and maybe ONE where
> I could submit that stuff -- and I've got other options that are a
> helluva lot more appealing than Beet Jelly, fercripesake!

There is nothing in this world that is more appealing than Barb's Beety
Beauty! Nothing!

> > 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?
>
> Nevah happen there.

There has never been any hope in/for Minnesota?

> Not much, Bubba, not much.
> My only ambition is that there be a decent dead spread when I croak.

I'd bet most anything that, in your particular case, you are pretty well
alone with that ambition.

Bubba