Wayne Boatwright wrote:--
We aren't able to go to the fair as we are still on our
mini-vacation. Howver, I had a friend attend the fair on the
10th and review the food exhibits.
Woo-Hoo!!! I was awarded a blue ribbon for my pickle entry but
only a third place for the strawberry preserves.
congrats! :)
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
We aren't able to go to the fair as we are still on our
mini-vacation. Howver, I had a friend attend the fair on the
10th and review the food exhibits.
Woo-Hoo!!! I was awarded a blue ribbon for my pickle entry but
only a third place for the strawberry preserves.
congrats! :)
On Thu 12 Oct 2017 08:04:30a, George Shirley told us...
On 10/12/2017 5:03 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
We aren't able to go to the fair as we are still on ourCongratulations, next year at the fair you will need to outdo
mini-vacation. Howver, I had a friend attend the fair on the 10th
and review the food exhibits.
Woo-Hoo!!! I was awarded a blue ribbon for my pickle entry but
only a third place for the strawberry preserves. They judged the
preservrs as too dark, but excellent on all other points. I'm
not surprised about that because the "sun process" typically
produces a rather dark preserve. The strawberries were uniformly
whole and filled the jar nicely along with the syrup, but the
color was a very dark red. One comment from the judges said the
pickles were a very intresting departure from usual process in
this category. I assume he was referring to the "candied"
description and flavor. We'll be returning on Saturday and
we'will get to see everything for ourselves.
I have Xnews installed on a thumb drive, so was able to post on a
hotel PC.
yourself.
Thanks, George!
Right now I'm thinking Sweet Chunky Tomato Jam, Picked Lemon Beets,
and a deparature with Boston Brown Bread w/Walnuts and brandy-soaked Raisions, baked in wide-mouth and processed under pressure.
The only ribbons at a fair I have gotten were for fancy rabbits, a
very long time ago. I think the ribbons are packed away some
place. I do miss not having cooked rabbit frequently but we can
only have dogs and cats here. I've eaten both when on a survival
hike in the military but prefer chicken and rabbit. <G> Oh yeah,
snakes and turtles are tasty.
I don't think I cold do snakes or turtles, let alone dogs or cats.
However, I do like rabbit, especilly sothern fried as you would
chicken. :-)
On 10/14/2017 4:11 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Thu 12 Oct 2017 08:04:30a, George Shirley told us...I had a commercial rabbitry back in the sixties, sold the skins,
On 10/12/2017 5:03 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
We aren't able to go to the fair as we are still on ourCongratulations, next year at the fair you will need to outdo
mini-vacation. Howver, I had a friend attend the fair on the
10th and review the food exhibits.
Woo-Hoo!!! I was awarded a blue ribbon for my pickle entry but
only a third place for the strawberry preserves. They judged
the preservrs as too dark, but excellent on all other points.
I'm not surprised about that because the "sun process"
typically produces a rather dark preserve. The strawberries
were uniformly whole and filled the jar nicely along with the
syrup, but the color was a very dark red. One comment from the
judges said the pickles were a very intresting departure from
usual process in this category. I assume he was referring to
the "candied" description and flavor. We'll be returning on
Saturday and we'will get to see everything for ourselves.
I have Xnews installed on a thumb drive, so was able to post on
a hotel PC.
yourself.
Thanks, George!
Right now I'm thinking Sweet Chunky Tomato Jam, Picked Lemon
Beets, and a deparature with Boston Brown Bread w/Walnuts and
brandy-soaked Raisions, baked in wide-mouth and processed under
pressure.
The only ribbons at a fair I have gotten were for fancy rabbits,
a very long time ago. I think the ribbons are packed away some
place. I do miss not having cooked rabbit frequently but we can
only have dogs and cats here. I've eaten both when on a survival
hike in the military but prefer chicken and rabbit. <G> Oh yeah,
snakes and turtles are tasty.
I don't think I cold do snakes or turtles, let alone dogs or
cats. However, I do like rabbit, especilly sothern fried as you
would chicken. :-)
sold young rabbits for folks just starting (big thing back then),
ate a lot ourselves, showed them at fairs and rabbit shows all
over Louisiana and Texas, shipped a few to a rabbit show in
California by train, won a blue ribbon there. Time came when we
had to move from the homestead and we haven't had rabbits or eaten
any since then, about the early eighties. Here in LaLa land you
can't have critters other than dogs and rats. Occasionally the odd
water snake will come up from the retention pond and I eat them.
<G> Raised on a ten acre farm in Orange Cty, Texas and we ate
whatever we could shoot, catch, or run down. Meals now are just
from grocery stores except for the small veggie garden in our
small backyard. Can't walk far so I can't go deer hunting or
rabbit hunting. One of my grandsons hunts and fishes and he says
he will take me out for that. Unfortunately he is an elevator
mechanic and has to put in a lot of overtime, helps his family
though. The fairs here in Texas, especially in Houston, are
humongous and downtown. No way I'm going there. Already petitioned
the HOA to have a trio of rabbits and they almost strangled to
death saying no that quick. Heck, rabbits only squeal when they're
breeding or being slaughtered, hardly hear them. <G>
When I was a small child I was given a pair of baby rabbits (both
neutered). I raised them until they were nearly 10 years old, and
then my dad returned them to the breeder.
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:10:08 GMT, Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright@xgmail.com> wrote:
When I was a small child I was given a pair of baby rabbits (both >>neutered). I raised them until they were nearly 10 years old, and
then my dad returned them to the breeder.
Is that a euphemism?
On Thu 19 Oct 2017 06:59:29a, Boron told us...
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:10:08 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright@xgmail.com> wrote:
When I was a small child I was given a pair of baby rabbits (both >>>neutered). I raised them until they were nearly 10 years old, and
then my dad returned them to the breeder.
Is that a euphemism?
I guess I'm dense, but how do you mean that?
On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:32:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright@xgmail.com> wrote:
On Thu 19 Oct 2017 06:59:29a, Boron told us...
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:10:08 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright@xgmail.com> wrote:
When I was a small child I was given a pair of baby rabbits
(both neutered). I raised them until they were nearly 10 years
old, and then my dad returned them to the breeder.
Is that a euphemism?
I guess I'm dense, but how do you mean that?
Other than plain kindness, it would be unusual for a breeder to
take back critters that age, especially ones who were neutered.
So...I was asking if what you were really saying was that they
were put down.
On Thu 19 Oct 2017 10:27:54a, Boron told us...
On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:32:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright@xgmail.com> wrote:
On Thu 19 Oct 2017 06:59:29a, Boron told us...
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:10:08 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright@xgmail.com> wrote:
When I was a small child I was given a pair of baby rabbits
(both neutered). I raised them until they were nearly 10 years
old, and then my dad returned them to the breeder.
Is that a euphemism?
I guess I'm dense, but how do you mean that?
Other than plain kindness, it would be unusual for a breeder to
take back critters that age, especially ones who were neutered.
So...I was asking if what you were really saying was that they
were put down.
No, they weren't put down. They kept my rabbits as pets. The had
three other older rabbits they also kept as pets. My dad had known
this couple for a long time and they were very kind people.
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