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["Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>]

I can remember when My Folks and grandparents also my wife said her mother 
and others put a grape leaf in with the pickles while canning 70 years ago. 
You even seen it when you went visiting and someone opened pickles.

Gordon C. Nofs
Flint, MI.
From: paul simon <paul.simon@tcs.wap.org>

	In the 60's, when I was attending Mich. State Univ., I told my mother to 
put a grape leaf in the quart jar of pickles. This kept them crisp for at 
least 6 to 9 months. They otherwise tended to get soft and soggy and were 
not very appealing. I think the head of the Hort. Dept. mentioned, although 
I am not sure after all this time. 		Paul S.


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