"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> Life's not bad. "-)
>
> OK, heres the poop on my twenty canning entries:
>
>
> Six blue ribbons: Crab Apple Jelly*(8 entries), Chili Sauce (<cough> 3
> entries), Corn Relish** (9 entries), Cherry Chipotle Relish***
> (Miscellaneous lot, 12 entries), Stewed Tomatoes (8 entries), Tomato
> Juice (8 entries).
> * <coughs> Made from juice frozen in 1999
> ** That makes eight blue ribbons for this stuff
> *** YES! The reclamation project worked
>
> One red ribbon: Nectarine Jam (7 entries)
>
> Two white ribbons: Plum Jelly**** (10 entries), Apricot Jam (12 entries)
> ****Made from juice frozen in 2000
>
> Six pink ribbons: Strawberry Jelly (10 entries), Black Raspberry Jam
> (15 entries), Blackberry Jam (13 entries), Peach Jam (20 entries),
> Strawberry Jam (41 entries), Apricot Butter (Miscellaneous lot 13
> entries).
>
> Could be used for detonation notify the Bomb Squad: Cherry Jelly (go
> figure), Blueberry Jam (I've never entered it before and I'll wager they
> didn't like that it had cinnamon in it), Raspberry Jam (Doesn't surprise
> me, but hope springs eternal 39 entries), Raspberry Mango Orange Jam
> (go figure it's really good; the competition must've been stiff
> Miscellaneous lot, 36 entries), Pickled Boiled Dirt Chunks (Waal, haall,
> I wouldn't eat them, either 21 entries).
>
> Chris got in last night and he and I sat up talking until after 1:00.
> He's a fine man, a fine human being. We couldn't ask for better.
> IBeTired. We'll head for the Fair in a couple hours and I'll put in two
> hours pitching my Cherry and my Peach Raspberry Jams at the Gedney booth
> late this afternoon.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://jamlady.eboard.com
> http://web.mac.com/barbschaller -- updated with Fair report

Woo Hoo Barb!!

I'm not the least bit surprised....

Kathi