Naw -- the calories don't count -- I drink it when I am washing up after the canning -- don't knpow why, but it doesn't taste right if you use regular soda. nels In ND ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Irvine" <dougandmarie@shaw.ca> To: "Helen Gillis" <helengillis@earthlink.net> Cc: "Nels Peterson Family" <npkp4jp@polarcomm.com>; "ChileHeads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [CH] making pickles > Helen Gillis wrote: > > >Thanks for the recipe - it looks great. > >Not so sure about the adult libation, tho. Reminds me of a Red Bull Jaggermeister Bomb thingie I got talked into once. Sounded like a good idea at the time - not so good the next morning... I haven't found any pickled jal recipes that remain crisp. All the ones I have seen involve heating them up which softens them... Where's RisaG when we need her? > > > > > > > >> > >> > >>The adult libation ain't bad either, one third red wine, one third Diet > >>Mountain Dew, one third gin or vodka (tonight its gin) > >> > >> > >> > Nels.....1/3 red wine. 1/3 DIET Mountain Dew???? 1/3 gin. Perhaps you > could tell me what the DIET stuff is for? To salve your conscience > regarding the over abundance of calories?? Do you get the feeling that > the old guy is giving yo a hard time? Pickles sound good though. Just > dunt let those Hutterites see ya imbibing a devil's cocktail such as > that! :-D Cheers, Doug in BC > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 8/7/06 > >