On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:03:50 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>As Sam would say: "I so 'cited."
>
>Here are my 20 canning entries in this year's Minnesota State Fair and
>how they fared at the fair (it opened today; Chris and I will head out
>in a couple hours):
>
>Apricot Butter - 4th
>
>Apricot and Blackberry Jams - nothing
>Cherry Jam - 1st
>Peach Jam - 1st
>Raspberry and Apricot-Mango-Pineapple Jams - nothing
>Strawberry Jam - 1st
>
>Blackberry Jelly - 1st
>Crab apple Jelly - 4th
>Pepper Jelly - nothing
>Plum Jelly - 2nd
>Raspberry Jelly - 1st
>Strawberry Jelly - 2nd
>Cherry-Pomegranate Jelly - 2nd
>Cherry Jelly - 2nd
>
>Bread and Butter Pickles - 1st
>Watermelon Pickles - nothing (I wouldn't have given them a ribbon,
>either)
>
>Peach and Apricot Chutney - 3rd
>Corn Relish - 2nd
>
>And then these:
>The Alltrista Food Preservation Award (First Place; there appear to be
>four categories, each receiving a first place designation) - I hope I'll
>find out which jar it was for
>The Ball & Kerr Best of Soft Spreads Award - don't know which jar
>The Ball & Kerr Best Pickled Foods Award - Can only be for the B&B
>Pickles
>Third Place for the Gedney Best Flavored Vinegar Cucumber Pickle - B&B's
>Third Place for the Gedney Best Fruit Chutney
>Third Place for the Gedney Most Outstanding Jams and Preserves
>
>Oh, in the baking class, White Bread received a 4th place prize and the
>Girl Brownies won 2nd. The bread prize is a kick because it was the
>first loaf of bread I've baked in nearly 2 years. It appears I still
>know how. Other breads didn't place (Doorstop Raisin Bread, Herb Bread,
>Whole Wheat Bread), nor did the Boy Brownies.
>
>It's good to be me. You can look at all of the results at the MN State
>Fair website, www.mnstatefair.org, and work your way through the
>competition results for Creative Activities Department.


Madame, you are to be congratulated, not once, but many times over.

(Yay, Barb!)

So, uh...what do you do with all the ribbons?

Boron

In article >, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:03:50 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
(snip)
> >It's good to be me. You can look at all of the results at the MN State
> >Fair website, www.mnstatefair.org, and work your way through the
> >competition results for Creative Activities Department.
>
>
> Madame, you are to be congratulated, not once, but many times over.
>
> (Yay, Barb!)
>
> So, uh...what do you do with all the ribbons?
>
> Boron

Thank you, Madam.
They're in a couple accordion files in a closet somewhere, except for
the big rosettes and usually the current year's ribbons. I keep the big
ones close by for promotional appearances for the Gedney folks. (It's a
pretty impressive collection, if I do say so.) If I were organized,
I'd be dangerous.

OB Food: I just made another batch of Peach Jam -- I still have a few
of those Colorado peaches left. Believe I'll just eat 'em and call it
done.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 8/22/04; check the Fairs Fare tab.

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
>
> Minneapolis. Channel 4 (CBS). 6:00 p.m. news, Monday, the 30th.
Don't
> know when during the broadcast. Where are you, Del? Rochester?
> --
> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 8/22/04; check the Fairs
Fare tab.
>

Yep. But our kids :-) live in "the cities" (also our grandson)
going to the fair on Sunday for the first time in about 30 years.

del

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Blackberry Jelly - 1st
> Crab apple Jelly - 4th
> Pepper Jelly - nothing
> Plum Jelly - 2nd
> Raspberry Jelly - 1st
> Strawberry Jelly - 2nd
> Cherry-Pomegranate Jelly - 2nd
> Cherry Jelly - 2nd

Shameful, simply shameful - just two measly blue ribbons for your
jellies - but I have warned you in advance! You could have
automatically gotten one for The One True Queen of Jellies - and the
other five blue-ribbon-less jellies would have ridden its coattails to
get their own. You ought to retire to a monastery and do a penance by
producing a ton of Barb's Beety Beauty.

Bubba

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

> It's good to be me.

Yes, yes it is.

Well done that woman!

And now it's all over you can kick up your heels with a pitcher of
something nice.

Miche

--
WWMVD?

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

> It's good to be me.

Yes, yes it is.

Well done that woman!

And now it's all over you can kick up your heels with a pitcher of
something nice.

Miche

--
WWMVD?