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?

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.

Jeez, I oughtta be locked up.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007