Do y'all yell upward your most recent novel vocabulary word, "Franticanning?" Well, today's novel give-and-take is on the canning spectrum. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flavour of canning begins exactly enough, but in addition to hence progresses to "franticanning" in addition to on to its concluding stages of "Manicanning." This is what happens when ane becomes crazed yesteryear canning. This flavour to a greater extent than than 230 lids were used...a novel Three Cats Ranch Blue Planet record. Here's yesterday's bounty:
You run into earlier y'all iv to a greater extent than quarts of pasta sauce, 5 to a greater extent than pints of salsa in addition to vi pints of plainly ol' tomatoes.
As for the plainly ol' tomatoes, I've ever done them yesteryear starting fourth dimension blanching in addition to skinning, in addition to hence cooking for 5 minutes earlier packing them into hot jars for processing. With my novel roasting method, it's hence much easier. I exactly roasted them inwards a 425° oven for xv minutes (I used the "convection roast" setting), in addition to hence plucked off their skins amongst tongs. They were already hot from roasting, in addition to hence I packed them into jars where they stood. It's of import to banking firm annotation that each pint jounce also had ane tablespoon of bottled lemon juice to heighten the acidity. Tomatoes are correct on the edge betwixt rubber in addition to dangerous inwards damage of their pH levels, in addition to hence the lemon juice puts the acidity over the top. Then, I used the reserved tomato plant juice produced spell they roasted...
to top off each jounce in addition to fill upward inwards whatever gaps betwixt the tomatoes earlier processing them. Canning is really gratifying, but it is also a lot of work. This newly-discovered technique of roasting for skinning is the most exciting affair to come upward to my kitchen inwards years.
So...want to run into the pantry shelves again? There isn't much novel on this shelf. Keep inwards hear that I gave Erik in addition to Mae 2 boxes of canned goods over the weekend.
To the right, I added approximately Spicy Plum Barbecue Sauce...so good...and I was happy to role the plums for something likewise jam.
But here's the operate of the yesteryear week. Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. From left to right, plainly ol' tomatoes, pasta sauce, in addition to salsa. We were hanging onto life yesteryear a thread for lack of salsa. Now we're approximately pretty peppy people prepared to party. (Awesome alliteration.)
When the manicanning was finished yesterday, I spent approximately fourth dimension sitting. There mightiness own got been a nap. And in addition to hence I sewed the binding onto the Welcome Home mini quilt.
Then I took it into the living room to teach it ready for manus sewing. It was going along fine amongst the binding clips when an obstruction appeared.
Hey...this industrial plant nifty for a lap quilt!
With approximately encouragement, nosotros moved the whole affair to the flooring for a picture.
Hey, Smitty, did y'all run into the novel quilt mom made fur us?
Let's exactly bring a expect here, Sadie. Every quilt must transcend the snuggle-ability examination befur it tin travel used.
I shall purrform it correct now. Please uncovering carefully.
Hm...soft, smooth, no pokies.
What practise y'all think, Smitty?
It is purrnounced acceptable. Please purrceed amongst finishing it.
It's a pretty disappointing morn hither at the Three Cats Ranch. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 drizzle is falling. Smitty is taking comprehend inwards his house for all things requiring cover. It industrial plant good for rain, but it also industrial plant good for heat. He likes to prevarication hither on the hottest days of summer, nether the shade of the Japanese maple. It has the added payoff of keeping the deck cool hence he tin cool off his breadbasket furs. Today, it's making a dry out house for him to found his rump.
Today I'm getting a much-anticipated pedicure. It was postponed twice because of beingness inundated amongst apples or tomatoes for canning. Nothing is standing betwixt my feet in addition to my pedicure today. (I think there's a pun there, but something is off close it.) It's also a CSA pick-up day, but otherwise...relaxation R us. Right now, I'm going to teach started on hand-stitching that binding.
We've been watching the progress of Hurricane Florence. Be safe, my Carolina friends.