In article > , Dog3
<dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > news:barbscxhaller-
> :
>
> > As Sam would say: "I so 'cited."
(snip self-laudatory list of canning entries and results in Minnesota
State Fair)
>
> I am in awe milady. You mopped up in ribbons. I'm happy for you. I
> *am* ****ed at the judges over the pepper jelly. It's one of my
> favorites.
>
> Michael

Thank you, Dahling. I AM pleased with the ribbon production! Greatly
pleased. I've not done so well the last couple years. I was almost
thinking it might be time to stop buying sugar and pectin! Now, maybe
not. . . . Don't be upset about the lack of ribbon for the Pepper
Jelly. It was not prizeworthy. Even I knew that.

There's another thing to remember, too (she says ever so modestly) --
many of the lots do not get a lot of entries. E.g., there were only six
jars of corn relish entered -- mine placed second. Maybe 12 jars of
Pepper Jelly. Eight jars of Plum Jelly. OK, there were 18 jars of
fruit chutney entered -- that's a lot. The Gedney folks were putting up
some extra money ($175 total for 3 places) in that lot and those extra
prizes draw competitors. My guess is that in other years, there've not
been more than 8-10 entries in the lot, if that many. It looks like
there were 24 B&B pickle entries -- mine were deemed better than any of
the others! Thirteen jars in the Combination Fruit Jelly lot -- my
Cherry & Pomegranate came in second. Lots entered in the Not Otherwise
Specified lot -- my Cherry Jelly came in second. OTOH, the Strawberry
Jam lot usually gets more than 25 entries (they judge only 25 and
there've been times when mine has not been judged) -- and this year MINE
WON!! Yeay!!
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-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 8/22/04; check the Fairs Fare tab.