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Default The Thirteenth Annual Schaller Ribbon Report


"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> Here are my competition results this year at the Great Minnesota
> Get-Together:
>
> Thirteen entries of 20 canning entries placed.
>
> Five BLUE ribbons: Plum Jelly (YEAY!! That juice was four or five
> years old!); Blackberry Jam, Watermelon Pickles, Stewed Tomatoes, Tomato
> Juice. The tomato entries were blue last year, too. I used that Just
> Add Fruit sugar/pectin combination for the blackberry jam. And bought
> two cases of the stuff from Cub while it was on sale. It's pretty
> darned slick, IMO.
>
> Three RED (second place) ribbons: Crab Apple Jelly (from juice that had
> to be five years old at least), Chili Sauce, Cherry Chipotle Relish.
> The chili sauce and relish were blue last year.
>
> Two WHITE (third place) ribbons: Peach Jam, Raspberry Jam (I'm thrilled
> with that because I've never placed before -- there were 39 entries in
> the lot. Sister Julie's raspberries again.).
>
> Two PINK (fourth place) ribbons: Corn Relish, Raspberry Jelly. The
> raspberry jelly wasn't as clean as I would have liked, but it tasted
> wonderful! And I'm just happy the Corn Relish placed. It wasn't my
> best year for that stuff in several ways.
>
> One FIFTH place (no ribbon): Pepper Jelly.
>
> The Beet Pickles got what they deserved: NOTHING! LOL!
>
> I won a First Place Ball Canning Award -- don't know which product yet,
> though.
>
> I don't know if I've got enough points to be the Big Bopper Canner again
> this year. They'll announce that on Saturday.
>
>
> AND my White Bread was second!! The White Bread Queen's was third.
> Wish I could meet her sometime; I hear she's a lovely woman. Believe
> the Strib has a story about her in today's paper. All my other baking
> sucked. Too bad, too. I'd've kept the apple pie and eaten it myself if
> I'd known that. . . . . <grin> The bread ribbon is "speshul" because
> I haven't baked a loaf of white bread since last year's Fair entry. . . .
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - Fair baking



Congratulations, Barb! I can't believe that the person who first introduced
me to some WONDERFUL pepper jelly only placed 5th in that category.

Cheryl