On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:02:41 GMT, "The Joneses" >
wrote:

>For a very special treat, I slice the beets, then use a cookie cutter to cut
>into fanciful shapes, then can as usual. My favorite shapes are stars, moons
>& hearts. Very simple shapes without a lot of edges to get broken. This will
>require at least 50% more beets. But the cook gets to eat up the scraps! Or
>serve with a sprinkle of butter & dill & sour cream for supper (I haveta use
>all diet stuff these days, but the diet stuff gets better every year). Or
>use plain in salad or sprinkle over green beaners. If you can't stand beets
>they are good for the dog.
>Edrena


This got me started thinking about pickled beets and when I saw some
nice beets at the farmers market today I bought them for the pickles
with red wine. I made hamburger dill pickles yesterday. I have a
bunch sliced for Kosher Dills I am going to start soon. If there are
any left I will make bread and butter or some 2 day sweet pickles.
Also picked 5 or 6 more cukes this morning.

I also bought some Lodi apples this morning. May make some jelly. Or
maybe apple butter. I need to figure out why some of my jellies turn
dark at the top. All suggestions appreciated.

Time to get to work.

--
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)