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Donna's Green Pepper
Relish Picture a beautiful blond, mother of 3 boys and grandmother to a cabbage load of kids, driving a tractor and harvesting their hay. Over her head is a colorful umbrella that her husband Dave, fashioned for her; while she listens to toe-tapping music on her I-Pod! She's something else! At the moment, on this 28th day of January 2011, she and her husband are expecting the first of their calves to drop; at any minute. Of course, they usually drop at night when they've got a couple of feet of snow to deal with. Donna names all of her cows and knows each and every one of them by sight! Normally Donna and Dave are able to get the expecting cows in a covered pen before they calve, but that is not always the case. Last year a cow calved in the night out in about 3 feet of snow. The warmth of the calf melted the snow around it, until the little thing was lying on the ground, and freezing. When Donna and Dave got out in the field the next morning they found the calf nearly dead from the cold and a lack of nourishment because it couldn't stand up. Once they got the cow and calf in the barn, Dave wrapped his body around the calf to share his warmth, while Donna piped, literally piped with a rubber tube, fresh milk from it's mother right into the calves' stomach. Within 24 hours the little guy was up and about and feeding on his own. Donna lives a very busy, very hard life, but she loves every minute of it! I read her mail and e-mail with relish and love every word. I get exhausted just reading what she has been up to on a daily basis. Raise a toast to the farmers of our country, as they put the food on our table!
Stir to mix and pour into pint or quart jars
Process in water bath for 20 minutes.
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