As expected, at that spot was no sewing yesterday. I spent practically the whole live-long solar daytime inwards the kitchen. It was my choice, too I'm every bit much inwards my happy house at that spot every bit I am when I'm sewing. Even though I idea I was finished canning for the year, I decided to give it 1 terminal gasp for 2019 too planned 4 projects for the weekend. Two were accomplished yesterday.
First, nosotros got a stem of Brussels sprouts inwards our terminal CSA share. That was quite a process since they commonly don't appear at the farm until the wintertime share. (We don't e'er buy a wintertime part since we're commonly traveling that fourth dimension of the year.) It was tempting to brand a side dish from them, but I decided to pickle mine instead. Erik loves them pickled, too thence produce I. I needed to supplement alongside a few from the grocery store. When they were all finished, I had half dozen pints.
After that, I got direct to piece of job on this Cranberry Pepper Jam. I yell upward I made this for the laid about fourth dimension terminal year, since it uses Pomona's pectin. Pomona's was novel to me terminal year. It looks thence pretty inwards the jar. My yield was 8 half-pints.
It's expert on turkey sandwiches, or every bit a condiment alongside whatsoever form of meat. My favorite way to piece of job it is alongside cream cheese on crackers. It's a prissy piffling gift detail at this fourth dimension of year. I used upward the terminal of the jalapenos too serrano peppers from the CSA. You tin sack find the recipe correct here. I accept the ribs too seeds out of 2 of the 4 peppers. If you lot similar it less spicy, you lot tin sack take away all of them...or go out all of them inwards if you're into masochism. It's your choice.
It would create got been prissy to accept a piffling suspension there, but terminal night's dinner had to fix for iii hours, too thence I went direct to piece of job on that. This is a Beef Bourguignon Soup. The recipe is from Martha Stewart.
It used upward closed to to a greater extent than of the CSA veggies (I'm form of over-run alongside veggies correct now) inwards the cast of celery too carrots. It also uses beef brusque ribs, too those cooked downward until they were tender too flavorful. Mike was out working on the RV all solar daytime yesterday, too he was chilled to the os past times the fourth dimension he came in. He took a dip inwards the hot tub, too thence nosotros had this stick-to-your ribs soup. It was a prissy way to terminate the day. Serve it upward alongside closed to bread, too you've got yourself 1 tasty meal. It made plenty for dinner for closed to other night, too I'll in all likelihood withal create got closed to left over for freezing. I'm freezing a lot of leftovers correct now. I'll charge it all upward inwards the RV when nosotros caput south. (I'm actually loving the big freezer inwards the novel 5th wheel.)
The exclusively "not work" business office of the solar daytime was inwards the postal service delivery. I'm thence lucky to create got a quilting fairy god woman bring upward inwards my friend Ila. She's oft sending me the almost generous of gifts. Take a aspect at this box of Aurifil thread she sent yesterday. Holy moly...so many beautiful colors.
You know I dear thread every bit much every bit I dear fabric, too these colors aspect expert plenty to eat. I won't though. For certain I'm going to select manage of out that black blueish too 1 of the reds for when I quilt Semper Fi.
Also, she included this truthful cat panel. Last nighttime it occurred to me that I create got a few panels inwards my stash downstairs. These are perfect take-along projects for our "head-south trip." All I involve is a textile for a sashing, too perhaps a border, too I tin sack create got myself an slow quilt hand to sew together on the road. Look how precious these are:
And, oh my gosh. This Christmas truthful cat textile is only likewise stinking cute.
Thank you, Ila. Your generous gift made my day.
Today I'll hold upward dorsum at it, but it should accept less fourth dimension today. While I was doing yesterday's canning, I was also roasting too skinning beets for today's pickled beet effort. I'm afraid my yield volition hold upward low. The book of beets seems less than expected, but I'll tin sack upward what I have. Also, I'm making closed to cranberry chutney. It tin sack hold upward used the same way every bit the jam, but it's less spicy. It's dynamite on a turkey sandwich. I'm hoping to larn dorsum into the sewing room today, if for no other argue than to vacuum upward stray threads.