On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:22:57 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>Mine got bupkes at the Fair this year.
>
>Are they the kind of pickle that needs several months before being
>edible? (I use the term loosely here.)
>
>
>I made my Fair entries in June with the first pickings and am wondering
>if two months in the syrup is enough time for them to acquire whatever
>taste they're supposed to acquire to please the judges.
>
>Should I be making next year's entries now so they can sit until next
>August? IMWTK.
>
>Thanks.

Use a recipe closer to the one in the BBB. The judges haven't liked
mine particularly liked mine either. Maybe next year I will do the
BBB one and see what happens.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)