On Jul 16, 10:11 pm, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> In article . com>,
> maxine in ri > wrote:
>
> > On Jul 16, 10:56 am, Melba's Jammin' >
> > wrote:
>
> > > I think I forgot to say dinner's at 6:30. Probably with halushky made
> > > on my new sparrow's ass that Margaret gave to me.
>
> > _What_ are you ,making thos halushky on??? I'm drawing a blank on
> > what that could possibly.
>
> Ask Margaret.

Dear Margaret,

What the heck is Barb misspelling now?

Hugs,
Maxine

> Not really. I don't eat 95% of what I make. Not because I dislike the
> stuff (it's very good) ‹ but I just don't much care for it. Corn relish
> has won something like 8 blue ribbons and I rarely eat it. Rob likes
> it. I make the B&B pickles chiefly for his pleasure though I guess
> they're okay -- they don't make me hum, though.

That's still for eatin'. You've got direct feedback there.

> I'm more addicted to the fun involved in it all. The PR appearances are
> fun -- I figure I'm providing stories for the Small Child. Maybe she'll
> get a kick out of reading the press coverage when she's 16.

Being addcited to fun is good. When Small Child is 16, she'll not
want to be associated with anything that includes pickle hats<g>.
Trust me. I've got one. Of both.

> Re the ribbons: I can be as competitive as anyone, I suppose, but I'm
> such a slug that I tend to do that which I don't consider to be
> especially difficult. My standard comments include these: Who I am
> does not rest on blue, red, white, or pink ribbons; and there's nothing
> like success to encourage a person. :-)

Yeah, sure. <g>

> I make my stuff for other people (you think WE eat 400 jars of jam
> annually?) and it's easy enough to pull two jars from a batch for
> consideration. Also, the blue ribbons allow me to price my stuff at a
> level that makes my sister shake her head in amazement. At that, I'm
> probably making 83 cents a jar if all production costs were calculated.
> See remark above about being a slug. It's been suggested that I try to
> market my stuff commercially. I'm not interested in working that hard.

That's what Mom always did with her jelly. She'd bring a jar with her
whenever she went visiting.

> > Or is the prize your picture on a run of pickled beets?
>
> Not likely. Not enough market interest, I'm pretty sure.

Just because there are not 23 brands, there are plenty of them out
there.
Sick people are everywhere.

> > I'll give your recipe a shot, and see how she likes them. I will
> > tolerate the red devils only when they've been roasted with cut up
> > sweet taters and other roots.
>
> A helluva way to treat sweet potatoes, you ask me.
> Want a pickle hat? "-)

Still have several. See above comments re 16.

Have fun.
maxine