Super swap package. I have had Linda Lou's Sweet Pickles and they are great. My favorite use for them is on a battered fish sandwich with some mayo. That plate is stunning. The shape, color everything. Nice job Brenda!!

-Robin

Deanna, Oh wow! I love the dish! Heck I love it all! Enjoy your package. BTW, I have those same exact oil/candle burners that I see in your above photo that are on your table. I've had mine forever.

Great job Brenda! I love that you two have so much in common.

That dish is gorgeous..and begs to be displayed and used!
It would be nice to display some lovely small cookies on it.

Mmmmmmm pickles..I love pickles.

And the cookbook looks fantastic!

Oh yeah I forgot about that swap spy stuff.....you almost ended up with a bottle of wine!

I LOVE that plate! You nailed it, Brenda!

Deanna, I am glad you got your package, everything was intact and you like it. I was beginning to worry since I mailed it Tuesday and they said it would be there Thursday. Jessy is so right, you did almost end up with a bottle of wine.

We are alot more alike than you know, Deanna. I had my package wrapped and ready to send, except for the card as I was still looking for some fallish paper when I saw a picture of the swap box you sent to your partner (May, I think). I almost fell off my office chair, it was soooo similiar to the one I was getting ready to send to you from the cookbook to the ribbon. So, I tweaked the box quite abit then. lol

Brenda

Love the dish, such a beautiful color! And I'm like Teri... love me my pickles. Great package!

Great swap package. The cookbook is interesting - I have often wished that more cookbooks had recipes listed by ingredients. And the dish is lovely.

Wonderful package. The plate is pretty. I'd love to peek a that cookbook! I'll be the pickles are going to be great, as will be the jelly and preserves. Enjoy!

Great job Brenda!

That is a very lovely package...the pictures in the book look quite charming. And the glass bowl is really pretty.

janet

What a gorgeous dish, it's stunning! Tha looks to be a beautiful cookbook too, looks like it could be left out on the coffeetable.

Brenda you did good, and what a nice wrapping job! I'm woefully incompetent in that regard.

Enjoy Deanna

What a wonderful swap package, Brenda! So beautifully wrapped - I usually go with bubble wrap only.

The cookbook looks beautiful - now why don't more cookbooks list by ingredient? Great idea! I love the beautiful glass dish and I would fill it with pickles or chocolates - but not both at the same time.

Beautiful card as well. Enjoy everything, Deanna!

Terrific Box! I love that little plate, it's the prettiest color isnt it? Enjoy!

What a lovely package. The plate is beautiful, the cookbook looks pretty and useful, complete with Texas wildflowers - it can't get any better than that, and the canned stuff looks yummy. Way to go, Brenda, I bet Deanna will get lots of enjoyment out of all of it.

Sally

Wow, I noticed the "SWAP" on the card right away and thought that was awesome!

The canned goods are always welcome surprises, and I absolutely LOVE the color of that dish! Beautiful!

Brenda, you done good, girl!
Deanna, be sure to share that cranberry recipe with us!

Linda

Oh! Deanna, I can't see any of the pictures, and your swap sounds WONDERFUL!! I'd love to see them, especially the dish!!

Brenda swapped to me in the last swap, and my package was wonderful, too!! Great job, again, Brenda!!

What a great package! I love the plate. it's so nice! Enjoy all your goodies, Deanna! Nice going, Brenda. really nice!

I love the plate too, and I'm with terri, it does beg to be used and enjoyed.
The preserves will be eaten up pretty quickly I'm sure! Hope you enjoy the package Deanna.

Nice job Brenda!

Catherine

I love - love that glass dish. The cookbook is great to look at too! Adele

Not only are the items beautiful, but your camera work was pretty darn good. It really showed off some beautiful items. The pix in that cookbook are gorgeous. Enjoy your pickles tomorrow. That plum jam sounds good too. I put up plums this year, but never thought of making plum jam. Sounds yummy!

I love it! The dish is unique and beautiful. Great eye Brenda!

I love the plate, and I must say the cookbook does an interesting disection of Texas. I will be interested in seeing what recipes are associated with the different areas. I'm most familiar with the central region and the Gulf Coast.

I'm you'll find a good use for the plate, in addition to its being decorative.

I would like to try the "Fire and Ice Cranberries" myself. I don't think cranberries grow in Texas, and so those would have to have been imported.

Lars

I got to send to Brenda last swap and learned just what a terrific lady she is - not surprised at all that she did such a fabulous job!

The dish is beautiful, looks like a color that will work in with anything. I love the shape. And the cookbook looks like a good read. I've heard those pickle chips are way good...nice assortment, Brenda.

What a pretty package...even wrapped! The dish is so pretty. I really need to check out the cookbook. Richardson, TX is just north of where I live! Great job, Brenda!

Lori

What a nice package, Brenda. The dish is so pretty, is it a triangle shape?

Your pickles look so good and plum jelly is one of our favorites.

I will have to look for that recipe book, Fire and Ice Cranberries sounds like a good Thanksgiving appetizer.

Enjoy, Deanna.

I'm posting the Fire and Ice Cranberries recipe on the Discussions page. Lars, it actually uses canned whole-berry cranberry sauce, so they can "imported" anywhere!! I'm not sure where cranberries grow. LOL I don't believe that these are necessarily regional recipes. Just good ones.

Ooooh, everything is soooo pretty.

Brenda, you picked the perfect goodies for Deanna. (I love that watery blue color, too. I have never been able to get it right!).

I just love everything and what a beautiful presentation.

I'm telling you, those swap boxes from Texas, wowee!!

That's a great looking cookbook!! Showing off our beautiful wildflowers. And that glass bowl is really gorgeous! Great package!!

Yes, the wildflowers in Texas are spectacular and those are lovely photos of them in your book. LOL May, I love your pride in your state - and it's justified!

Great choices Brenda, I love the plate too and I'd like everything in that tasty trio of jars.

Lee

wow, that dish is gorgeous.

What wonderful choices you made, Brenda - the pickles look great!

RobinKate, I absolutely agree, the best use for those sweet pickles of Linda Lou's is sliced on a fish sandwich. Yum. I made a couple of batches of them this year, I love them. Lucky Deanna.

The blue plate is perfectly lovely, I like that seafoam blue color really well. I supppose you COULD put the pickles in there, but I wouldn't. I'd just eat 'em out of the jar and save the pretty dish for something else. LOl

Annie

Oh, yeah, Annie. I have been eating those pickle chunks right out of the jar. They're delish!

Question to those of you who make these (and other pickles): Do you grow your own cucumbers or purchase them?

Deanna, I am glad you liked the pickles. Annie is who I got the recipe from and Linda Lou is over on the Harvest Forum mostly (I think!).

I bought the cucumbers I used. There is a small farm not too far from here, where I put my request in that I get them the day of picking and they kindly agreed.

Ok, I was interested in the pickles, then saw the yummy cookbook, but, that dish! Really, really beautiful. Simple and serene.

Great job, Brenda!

Oh I love regional cookbooks-- & that one looks like a beauty-- as is that dish-- very unique in shape & color !

Enjoy those homecanned goodies Deanna--
Nice selection Brenda .

Oh Brenda, what a nice package! Deanna, I'm another huge fan of Linda Lou's pickles! The cookbook - love the bluebonnets on the cover and there are certain to be great recipes inside. The dish is beautiful - the "icing on the cake"!

Aother great package here. I love pickles and I'm sure these are some good ones if it's Linda's recipe. I've seen those flowers on the cover of the cookbook while traveling through Texas....they are everywhere for miles on the interstate highways. Great swap box Brenda, I know Deanna will enjoy all of it.

David