It's turning out to survive a real busy summer. Weekend aside, I was gone from the family every 24-hour interval terminal week, as well as I volition survive this calendar week too. This is pitiful planning on my part. It seems I got on an appointment-making binge at some indicate inward time. Yesterday took me for my monthly pedicure...which is ever nice...but still. I had lots to produce at home, as well as thence I could scarcely afford the fourth dimension it took. As it turns out, I needed to halt off at the grocery shop to alternative upwards a few things for the Sweet Cherry Barbecue Sauce on the day's agenda. It all industrial plant out inward the end.
The barbecue sauce took virtually twice every bit long every bit expected. I learned spell making this terminal twelvemonth that when cherries are going to survive cooked down, there's no take to pit them. Just take their stems as well as and thence charge the cherries, pits as well as all, into the pot you're going to role to create them. Add a one-half loving cup of water, as well as and thence simmer them for 15-20 minutes. Then, allow them to cool, as well as yous tin only mash the pits out alongside your fingers. It's less tiresome than running them through a cherry pitter individually. The business office I didn't cry back was the cooling part, which took a while. Then, at that spot was the cooking downward of the sauce, but it was all worth it. I ended upwards alongside 5 half-pints of some real yummy Sweet Cherry Barbecue Sauce. (That's a link to the recipe there.)
As long every bit I was pitting the cherries that way, I simmered to a greater extent than cherries for today's mission to brand some Sweet Cherry Chutney. As I've mentioned before, I brand chutneys from all sorts of fruits as well as vegetables. The start chutney I ever made was Blueberry Chutney, as well as it was dear at start taste. But I'm a fickle lover, as well as thence when the Sweet Cherry Chutney came along, it became my novel favorite. Nothing has knocked it from its perch since. It's some other Food inward Jars recipe, as well as yous tin find it correct here. I'm gonna respect it inward my kitchen this morning time every bit I create downward the residuum of our cherries into some delectable goodness. Pictures to follow. Also today, I'm making 2 salads for our Fourth of July celebration tomorrow, as well as thence there's enough to produce inward the kitchen.
While I was cooking the barbecue sauce, I was also scrambling betwixt timers to acquire some housework done. The tuxedo cats were calling. Finally, I made it into the sewing room around 3:30 as well as managed to acquire all the top-stitching done, except for the dark-green leaves, stems, as well as the watermelon on July's head. Here's how they aspect now.
It's a CSA pick-up day, inward improver to beingness a chutney cooking day, as well as thence I'm only hoping to direct keep some fourth dimension to complete these off. In improver to the thread work, I take to sew together on a whole pile of buttons as well as add together an oculus to June's bluebird.
With all that going on yesterday, Smitty constitute it necessary to cool his tum furs on the forest floor.
He's grown into such a big boy. Do yous cry back this lilliputian parcel of energy?
So there's enough to produce in 1 lawsuit again today. Better acquire moving. I'll in all likelihood accept the 24-hour interval off from blogging for the Fourth of July tomorrow. I'll survive baking cookies as well as making some taco dip inward the morning time earlier nosotros caput off for the river. Look for me to survive correct dorsum hither on Th morning. I promise yous all direct keep a prophylactic as well as happy Fourth of July.