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The Jones wrote:
(impressive award list removed for brevity)
Participation (like little league, everybody wins something) Pickled
Asparagus - not packed tightly enuf. But they tasted fabulous, nice &
crispy. Barbarian judge anyway.

Congratulations. It sounds like because they don't open the jars they
have to make up criteria for judging the entries.

Here in Olmsted County, they open the jams and jellies but they don't
open anything else. I can't figure out how you judge a pickle without
tasting it, so I always helpfully put the word "Crispy" or "Crunchy" on
the label. There's also only one judge and she seldom provides any
comments, and the judging is not open to the public, and there are no
scorecards. (I'm not sure if the judge is a barbarian or a philistine ;-)

Bob

Philistine. The barbarian is in New Mexico. Edrena said.
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