Oh pshaw, on Mon 15 Oct 2007 08:01:58p, Puester meant to say...

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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"Kathi Jones" wrote:

do you cut little X's in the bottom of your sprouts Barb? That's what
Martha says to do to let the steam up inside them so that they
steam-cook evenly. So of course, it's now what I do when I cook
sprouts. ;-) Would prolly help with the pickling too, I suspect.

Kathi

I put a gash in the bottom of the biggest ones * well, some of them,
anyway. Some are *really* tiny * maybe a 1/2" diameter. The size of a
regular marble. I gotta be nuts.


Nope, think of it as a potential new pickle product to enter at the
State Fair next year. I'm seeing blue ribbons before my eyes....

;-)
gloria p


Call them "Pickled Marble Sprout".

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Wayne Boatwright
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