Mine got bupkes at the Fair this year.

Are they the kind of pickle that needs several months before being
edible? (I use the term loosely here.)


I made my Fair entries in June with the first pickings and am wondering
if two months in the syrup is enough time for them to acquire whatever
taste they're supposed to acquire to please the judges.

Should I be making next year's entries now so they can sit until next
August? IMWTK.

Thanks.

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sometime in the recent past Melba's Jammin' posted this:
> Mine got bupkes at the Fair this year.
>
> Are they the kind of pickle that needs several months before being
> edible? (I use the term loosely here.)
>
>
> I made my Fair entries in June with the first pickings and am wondering
> if two months in the syrup is enough time for them to acquire whatever
> taste they're supposed to acquire to please the judges.
>
> Should I be making next year's entries now so they can sit until next
> August? IMWTK.
>
> Thanks.
>
Wife says plenty 2 months is plenty of time - she thinks 2 weeks would be
plenty, but we don't enter fairs. Is my memory off, or is it somebody else
in the group that calls beets 'chunks of dirt?'

--
Wilson 44.69, -67.3

In article >,
Wilson > wrote:

> Wife says plenty 2 months is plenty of time - she thinks 2 weeks would be
> plenty, but we don't enter fairs. Is my memory off, or is it somebody else
> in the group that calls beets 'chunks of dirt?'

That'd be me. The proper term is Pickled Boiled Dirt Chunks.
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sometime in the recent past Melba's Jammin' posted this:
> In article >,
> Wilson > wrote:
>
>> Wife says plenty 2 months is plenty of time - she thinks 2 weeks would be
>> plenty, but we don't enter fairs. Is my memory off, or is it somebody else
>> in the group that calls beets 'chunks of dirt?'
>
> That'd be me. The proper term is Pickled Boiled Dirt Chunks.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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> it out. And check this, too: <http://www.kare11.com/news/
> newsatfour/newsatfour_article.aspx?storyid=823232&catid=323>
So, with all politeness and due respect, it would sound like you're not too
fond of PBDC's. Frankly, I never cared for them as a kid, but I found later
that it depended on the beets. Green Leaf Lutz are almost too sweet and
don't have the dirt taste at all. But I digress. Do you taste them before
entering them into the fair, Wilson said ducking behind the counter.

--
Wilson 44.69, -67.3

In article >,
Wilson > wrote:

> don't have the dirt taste at all. But I digress. Do you taste them before
> entering them into the fair, Wilson said ducking behind the counter.

I do not. I would sooner have a root canal.
Which is part of the fun ‹ I want a blue ribbon without ever having
eaten one. That's why the questions‹I am clueless about what they're
supposed to be like, from texture to taste. I'm amazed at the number
of people who lobby me to be taste-testers. Blech and ptooey!

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sometime in the recent past Melba's Jammin' posted this:
> In article >,
> Wilson > wrote:
>
>> don't have the dirt taste at all. But I digress. Do you taste them before
>> entering them into the fair, Wilson said ducking behind the counter.
>
> I do not. I would sooner have a root canal.
> Which is part of the fun ‹ I want a blue ribbon without ever having
> eaten one. That's why the questions‹I am clueless about what they're
> supposed to be like, from texture to taste. I'm amazed at the number
> of people who lobby me to be taste-testers. Blech and ptooey!
>
I think I understand your quest, to compete and win without even tasting
them, but in this, the lowly beet may beat you. My mother cooks often
without tasting, going by rote over her old recipes. Often her dishes elicit
the response, 'Something's wrong with this' or that tried and true comment
of 'the taste is off.'

You can't play the blues, if you've never heard the blues. You has to pay
your dues, if you're gonna play the blues. M2C's



--
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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Wilson > wrote:
>
>> don't have the dirt taste at all. But I digress. Do you taste them before
>> entering them into the fair, Wilson said ducking behind the counter.
>
> I do not. I would sooner have a root canal.
> Which is part of the fun < I want a blue ribbon without ever having
> eaten one. That's why the questions > supposed to be like, from texture
> to taste. I'm amazed at the number
> of people who lobby me to be taste-testers. Blech and ptooey!
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

As you know - they are my favorite, having rediscovered them in my dotage.
All those creamed beets looking like truly evil bloody chunks on my
elementary school lunch tray.
Do be ruthless trimming off any portion of the top that was above ground,
especially the big ol' ones. I've found that this is where the dirt-est
taste resides.
Do taste the sirup if nothing else. On toast perhaps. Did you try cutting
the beets into pretty shapes with a leetle cookie cutter? That year I won
first on appearance alone. It wastes about 50% of your beet however. Lessen'
y'all like them leftovers sprinkled on yer salat or cottage cheese or made
into borscht.
Love,
Edrena

On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:22:57 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> Mine got bupkes at the Fair this year.
>
> Are they the kind of pickle that needs several months before being
> edible? (I use the term loosely here.)

I get good pickled beets in a 36-48 hours. I open the can(*), drain
half the liquid, put them in a pint container, throw in malt and
white vinegar to cover, a pinch each of salt, FGBP, and sugar and
let them sit in the fridge for a day or two.

> I made my Fair entries in June with the first pickings and am wondering
> if two months in the syrup is enough time for them to acquire whatever
> taste they're supposed to acquire to please the judges.

Ewww. Harvard beets (sweet). No wonder!

:-)

They don't need much time at all. You ain't making wine, girl.

-sw

(*) is that illegal?

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:22:57 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>> Mine got bupkes at the Fair this year.
>>
>> Are they the kind of pickle that needs several months before being
>> edible? (I use the term loosely here.)
>
> I get good pickled beets in a 36-48 hours. I open the can(*), drain
> half the liquid, put them in a pint container, throw in malt and
> white vinegar to cover, a pinch each of salt, FGBP, and sugar and
> let them sit in the fridge for a day or two.
>
>> I made my Fair entries in June with the first pickings and am wondering
>> if two months in the syrup is enough time for them to acquire whatever
>> taste they're supposed to acquire to please the judges.
>
> Ewww. Harvard beets (sweet). No wonder!
>
> :-)
>
> They don't need much time at all. You ain't making wine, girl.
>
> -sw
>
> (*) is that illegal?

* No. Not fer creative applications making beet stuff with leetle 'baby'
beets. Spending hours boilin' & peeling leetle tiny beets is work for
repentent sinners or meditative types. Or both.
I still maintain that the mulled red wine flavored beets are a roadmap to
heaven, and I don't make them as sweet as the orig recipe called for. And
I've had people rave over the red wine pickled beets the day after I made
them. Barbarians.
I remain ever your busy or slothful sinner,
Edrena

On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:22:57 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>Mine got bupkes at the Fair this year.
>
>Are they the kind of pickle that needs several months before being
>edible? (I use the term loosely here.)
>
>
>I made my Fair entries in June with the first pickings and am wondering
>if two months in the syrup is enough time for them to acquire whatever
>taste they're supposed to acquire to please the judges.
>
>Should I be making next year's entries now so they can sit until next
>August? IMWTK.
>
>Thanks.

Use a recipe closer to the one in the BBB. The judges haven't liked
mine particularly liked mine either. Maybe next year I will do the
BBB one and see what happens.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> Mine got bupkes at the Fair this year.
>
> Are they the kind of pickle that needs several months before being
> edible? (I use the term loosely here.)

Gosh, I don't know. Mine never stay around long enough. I know it means
my tastebuds are defective or something, but I *love* the things beyond
all reason.

Serene
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In article <050920090806466084%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca>,
Dave Balderstone > wrote:

> In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > I made my Fair entries in June with the first pickings and am wondering
> > if two months in the syrup is enough time for them to acquire whatever
> > taste they're supposed to acquire to please the judges.
>
> I find a month is all that's needed. I've made refigerator pickled
> beets that were quite nice after a week.


OK. Well, I was hoping that they bombed because they hadn't aged
enough, but the ones I made last year (that received a ribbon) were also
made only a month or so ahead of Fair time.. Thanks, Dave.

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In article <050920091143346568%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca>,
Dave Balderstone > wrote:
> We bought some heritage golden beets at the farmers' market last week.
> Sliced and steamed... Absolutely delicious, didn't even have to peel
> them.

And I imagine you peed liquid gold. Better you than me.

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