It was difficult to proceed my feet moving yesterday since I needed really badly to grab upwardly on some housework. There volition endure to a greater extent than of that today, mixed inwards alongside some fourth dimension inwards the kitchen, as well as some sewing.
As for yesterday, I carried on alongside my three-day loaf of breadstuff past times adding inwards white breadstuff flour, rye flour, as well as spelt flour. It was kneaded for v minutes as well as thus dumped into a bowl to endure refrigerated for 24 hours. Doing it this way enhances the flavor of the loaf spell retarding the rise. When I seat it into the fridge it looked similar this.
When I looked at it only now, it looked similar this:
This forenoon I'll cast it into a boule as well as thus seat it inwards a proofing basket. Then it volition sit down at room temperature for v hours earlier I bake it off. I'll exhibit you lot a painting exhibit of the finished loaf tomorrow. I get got some other loaf correct behind it, i hateful solar daytime behind inwards its staging.
Once I'd dealt alongside the bread, it was fourth dimension to larn exterior as well as option some plums. It didn't get got long to option a whole big bowl full, as well as this is alone a fraction of what is left on the tree.
Plenty were stuffed into my oral fissure spell I was there. Also, I noticed the kitties inwards the plain past times the side of the house. Sadie was stalking something.
Sadie...what is it?
Shhhhhhh, Smitty...you're blowing my cover. And there's a gopher downward inwards this hole, but my arms...aren't...quite...long....enough! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lilliputian assistance please!
Back inside, it was fourth dimension to bake the Original Plum Torte. This is such a unproblematic as well as tasty recipe. It has a dorsum even out too, as well as I would encourage you lot to click on the link I've provided to read it. There are also several ways to accommodate this recipe inwards whatever way fits your utilisation or your provide of fruit. It's easy, though. You mix upwardly the cake batter as well as thus lay the halved plums on top.
Sprinkle them alongside a lilliputian lemon juice, sugar, as well as cinnamon.
And thus bake. So yummy.
While that was baking, I had some fourth dimension to complete upwardly the Pumpkin Pie slice I've been working on. First, I needed to top-stitch the pumpkin leaves as well as stems, as well as thus I added a narrow edge to the come about as well as bottom.
Then I sewed it to the embroidered slice as well as seat borders all around.
And thus I added the batik edge to a greater extent than or less the outside, as well as the come about was finished. It ends upwardly at 17 x 24 inches, which volition stand upwardly for on the small-scale wall where I desire to hang it.
I'm using the same dark-green leafy batik for the back, as well as thus I cutting that slice as well as also cutting the binding strips from a leftover slice inwards my stash.
This in all likelihood won't larn finished whatever fourth dimension soon. I'm trying to grab upwardly on quilts that were sandwiched over a twelvemonth ago. Today I'll outset quilting the Welcome Home mystery quilt which is my September OMG.
I haven't actually given whatever thought to how to quilt this, but it volition in all likelihood endure some version of Angela Walters' Dot to Dot quilting technique. This quilt seems well-suited for it. It's going to endure a kitty quilt when it's finished, as well as thus it's a skillful i for practicing.
Also on today's agenda, I'll endure turning those v pounds of plums from yesterday into barbecue sauce. I'm using this recipe from Food inwards Jars. Mine won't endure every bit spicy. It was also spicy for us every bit written, as well as thus I'll cutting the cayenne as well as cerise pepper flakes inwards one-half this fourth dimension around. Also, the master copy recipe used peaches. I've checked into the pH of plums vs. peaches, as well as the pH of plums is fifty-fifty lower than peaches. It should endure prophylactic to substitute i for the other. Also, the recipe has plenty of cider vinegar, as well as thus it's plenty high inwards acid for H2O bathroom canning. My canning efforts are winding downward for the season. Our farmers get got promised me some other twoscore lbs. of tomatoes, hopefully this Saturday. Once I've finished alongside those, canning volition endure finished for the year. Unless I come across something else, as well as thus all bets are off.
First upwardly today, I'll motility my loaves of breadstuff to their side past times side stages, as well as thus I'll create a lilliputian slow-stitching. Fall is inwards the air, as well as I'm thus create for it. How almost you?