Yes, that's about other novel give-and-take to add together to your vocabulary. Franticanning: It's when the attain is coming at yous hence fast, you're afraid yous can't continue up. One bucket of apples down...one to go. Yesterday's yield was about other half-dozen pints of applesauce, in addition to 7-1/2 one-half pints of Maple Bourbon Apple Butter.
The maple bourbon apple tree butter tastes good. It's form of similar super thick applesauce. It mightiness guide keep needed to a greater extent than fourth dimension to educate to larn it to a darker color, but I was running out of time, in addition to I needed to selection upward the CSA veggies. It cooked on the stove transcend for an hour. It's only apples in addition to a petty fleck of water...just plenty to continue the apples from burning until they surrender about of their ain juices. When it was finished on the stove top, it looked similar this.
Then I used my immersion blender to puree it until it was smooth. The apples were cored, but the peels left on. It's pureed skins in addition to all.
Then it went into a 300°F. oven to roast for iii hours. The goal was to larn it to a darker shade of color in addition to to guide keep it aroma slightly caramelized. The caramelized aroma was present, but I can't country it changed color much. Still, the degree had cooked downward some, in addition to hence I called it quits. The present must larn on, right?
After that, I added 1/4 loving cup maple syrup, ii tablespoons of bourbon in addition to a 1/2 teaspoon of orangish zest. Then it was funneled into jars in addition to processed.
Today I quest to larn outset to the grocery store. When I larn home, I'll brand a batch of apple tree pie filling. Depending on how long that takes, I mightiness attain something else...either zucchini pickles or to a greater extent than love apple tree jam...or mayhap nothing. Tomorrow I'm taking the solar daytime off because Sue in addition to I are going to the Oregon State Fair.
Okay straight off here's something exciting. Remember when I posted this flick in addition to wrote these words?
There's an Instagram creative somebody named Melissa. If i posts pictures of one's cats amongst the hashtag #melissapaintmycat, she mightiness only pigment your cat. Then she posts them, in addition to they are available for sale if yous desire to purchase it. I've posted dozens of pictures, but hence far, no dice. (I'm certain she's tagged past times thousands, in addition to hence it's no surprise nosotros haven't won the lottery yet.)
Well...Melissa painted my cat! I'm hence pumped!
And, heck yeah, I'm buying it. It's all paid for, in addition to I'm only waiting to have it inwards the mail. What a clever idea! If I sentiment I could continue upward a steady flow of kitty pawtraits, I mightiness pose myself out at that spot equally #barbaraquiltmycat. I considered it for all of vii nanoseconds, in addition to then, nah. That would last the quickest means I know to ruin quilting for myself. Anyway...I'm hence excited close the prototype of Smitty. Now I'll guide keep to deluge Melissa amongst pictures of Sadie in addition to #melissapaintmycat. Maybe I'll hitting the lottery again.
There was only a petty fourth dimension for tedious stitching yesterday, but I'll accept a petty to a greater extent than fourth dimension today. The solely other intelligence inwards quilting is that I received my partner assignment in addition to swatch of stuff for
And what a thrill! I'm partnered upward amongst my friend Lana, who follows the weblog via Facebook. It's going to last hence much fun having a partner I know. And Lana is a truthful cat lover, hence she's made it existent slow for me. We're swapping mug rugs. I took about fourth dimension yesterday to settle on a design, but I can't portion it until Lana has it inwards her hands. The solely dominion is that I quest to role this swatch of stuff somewhere on the front.
Not a problem...I know only what to do. I'll last working away on that betwixt stirring pots on the stove.
So there's plenty to attain today what amongst grocery shopping in addition to franticanning. Next up, a petty fleck of tedious stitching. What are yous doing today?