On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:57:02 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>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.

That is great! You can be very proud of your ribbons and even more so
of you kids.
--
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