Well, MiMa, we did our best.
There were many entries.
There were many entries.
Due to the fact that the Benton County Fair indeed, does NOT taste the entered goods, your Jalapeno Jelly Recipe did not bring home the bacon.It did sport a cute little sticker, labeled "Blue Award"...but no one seems to know what that means, exactly.
My Salsa was donned with the same sticker:
As was my Grape Jelly (does every entry get one of these? I saw some "red awards" on jars, too. Which is better? Does it mean one jar is more beautiful than another? Should I be excited?)
But wait! What's this?
2nd PLACE: Sweet Memory Peaches...
2nd PLACE: Pickles....and (drum roll please...)
FIRST PLACE: Applesauce! What are the odds?!I think I'll spend my $7 whoppin' dollars of prize money on funnel cake.
...and hand sanitizer to wash the fair off me. I still feel like I've just been licked by a goat.
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You know, they don;t eat the stuff here, either! Crazy crazy. And yes, we bathed in sanitizer after the fair last night. Those carnies just scream germs.
I'm so proud of you! We need to do this again next year!
You make a mama proud.
I can't believe they don't taste it! That's awesome you won though! Way to go Meg :)
$7? Was that per prize or cumulative? That sounds like the prize money at our Corn fest. I heard that Roy's grandma won a whole $2.50 for her three prize vegetable entries. I think I'd rather eat my vegies than have them sliced open for the flies all day long, thank you.
But back to you . . . they didn't taste them? I don't get it!
Way to go. I still can't get over the fact that they don't even taste the entries. I also can't get over Reese's cute tights.
Congrads, Blue Ribbon Gal!
so so SO excited for your wins.....but please tell me you got a REAL ribbon and not just a sticker??? I love that you still get a few bucks each (we used to enter stuff when we were little....and $7 would have bought us soooo much candy!)
yes I did get a "real ribbon", too...but seriously, what do I do with it? Scrapbook? hahhaha....like I"ll ever get around to scrapbooking ever again!
i'm so confused. they weren't actually tasted? did you win on presentation then??? so confused.
they never tasted them. They judged on color, head space, air bubbles, "floaties" proper packing..that kind of stuff. Sad, right? I mean...it's the fair. You're SUPPOSED to be eating all day.
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