On 10/14/2017 4:11 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 12 Oct 2017 08:04:30a, George Shirley told us...
>
>> On 10/12/2017 5:03 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> We aren't able to go to the fair as we are still on our
>>> mini-vacation. Howver, I had a friend attend the fair on the 10th
>>> and review the food exhibits.
>>>
>>> Woo-Hoo!!! I was awarded a blue ribbon for my pickle entry but
>>> only a third place for the strawberry preserves. They judged the
>>> preservrs as too dark, but excellent on all other points. I'm
>>> not surprised about that because the "sun process" typically
>>> produces a rather dark preserve. The strawberries were uniformly
>>> whole and filled the jar nicely along with the syrup, but the
>>> color was a very dark red. One comment from the judges said the
>>> pickles were a very intresting departure from usual process in
>>> this category. I assume he was referring to the "candied"
>>> description and flavor. We'll be returning on Saturday and
>>> we'will get to see everything for ourselves.
>>>
>>> I have Xnews installed on a thumb drive, so was able to post on a
>>> hotel PC.
>>>
>> Congratulations, next year at the fair you will need to outdo
>> yourself.
>
> Thanks, George!
>
> Right now I'm thinking Sweet Chunky Tomato Jam, Picked Lemon Beets,
> and a deparature with Boston Brown Bread w/Walnuts and brandy-soaked
> Raisions, baked in wide-mouth and processed under pressure.
>
>> The only ribbons at a fair I have gotten were for fancy rabbits, a
>> very long time ago. I think the ribbons are packed away some
>> place. I do miss not having cooked rabbit frequently but we can
>> only have dogs and cats here. I've eaten both when on a survival
>> hike in the military but prefer chicken and rabbit. <G> Oh yeah,
>> snakes and turtles are tasty.
>
> I don't think I cold do snakes or turtles, let alone dogs or cats.
> However, I do like rabbit, especilly sothern fried as you would
> chicken. :-)
>
I had a commercial rabbitry back in the sixties, sold the skins, sold
young rabbits for folks just starting (big thing back then), ate a lot
ourselves, showed them at fairs and rabbit shows all over Louisiana and
Texas, shipped a few to a rabbit show in California by train, won a blue
ribbon there. Time came when we had to move from the homestead and we
haven't had rabbits or eaten any since then, about the early eighties.
Here in LaLa land you can't have critters other than dogs and rats.
Occasionally the odd water snake will come up from the retention pond
and I eat them. <G> Raised on a ten acre farm in Orange Cty, Texas and
we ate whatever we could shoot, catch, or run down. Meals now are just
from grocery stores except for the small veggie garden in our small
backyard. Can't walk far so I can't go deer hunting or rabbit hunting.
One of my grandsons hunts and fishes and he says he will take me out for
that. Unfortunately he is an elevator mechanic and has to put in a lot
of overtime, helps his family though. The fairs here in Texas,
especially in Houston, are humongous and downtown. No way I'm going
there. Already petitioned the HOA to have a trio of rabbits and they
almost strangled to death saying no that quick. Heck, rabbits only
squeal when they're breeding or being slaughtered, hardly hear them. <G>