A small effort to make our blog more personalized. I think the header graphic is a little large, so I'll probably scale it down a bit tomorrow.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Canning Photos!
Canning is fun.
We are such novices. We came through the whole adventure relatively unscathed, with the exception of Michael, who nearly dropped a vat of boiling brine on himself, Lily, Allison, and possibly me when his potholder fringe caught fire from the gas flame. Instead, he burned the holy hell out of his middle (birdie) finger and managed to prevent anyone having to endure the unspeakably painful ickiness of a vinegar scald. Despite the excitement, all our jars sealed properly, which is great, but I have absolutely no idea how the pickles will turn out. It puts me in mind of a song...
"Will the pickles be unsquishy, by and by Lord, by and by? Will the pickles be unsquishy, in the jar Lord, in the jar?"
So far today, everything looks fine, though the second batch of pickles has some strange crystallization of salt suspended in the brine.
Pictures of the process at the photo album site. Note my screamin' green kitchen and homemade ventilation (tabletop fan)...
We are such novices. We came through the whole adventure relatively unscathed, with the exception of Michael, who nearly dropped a vat of boiling brine on himself, Lily, Allison, and possibly me when his potholder fringe caught fire from the gas flame. Instead, he burned the holy hell out of his middle (birdie) finger and managed to prevent anyone having to endure the unspeakably painful ickiness of a vinegar scald. Despite the excitement, all our jars sealed properly, which is great, but I have absolutely no idea how the pickles will turn out. It puts me in mind of a song...
"Will the pickles be unsquishy, by and by Lord, by and by? Will the pickles be unsquishy, in the jar Lord, in the jar?"
So far today, everything looks fine, though the second batch of pickles has some strange crystallization of salt suspended in the brine.
Pictures of the process at the photo album site. Note my screamin' green kitchen and homemade ventilation (tabletop fan)...
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Canning
After a great deal of dilly-dallying and daydreaming of better ways, we got around to putting up some pickles and cherry tomatoes. Hopefully the tomatoes are as good as Michael and Jannell's last batch. They make for a mean martini or the slip and slide to drunksville, as I like to call it.
Micheal is at work on a weed eater and so we may not have to pull the nasty clumps of grass out by hand. Apparently, not only do cucumbers love this Delta climate but the weeds are fond of it as well. Garden cleanliness is good for good plants because it is ridding the area of bad plants and bugs. Being young urban quasi-professionals is bad for garden cleanliness. That and the fact that it is fucking hot out there. Nothing like the smell of dog crap marinating in the sun.
Micheal is at work on a weed eater and so we may not have to pull the nasty clumps of grass out by hand. Apparently, not only do cucumbers love this Delta climate but the weeds are fond of it as well. Garden cleanliness is good for good plants because it is ridding the area of bad plants and bugs. Being young urban quasi-professionals is bad for garden cleanliness. That and the fact that it is fucking hot out there. Nothing like the smell of dog crap marinating in the sun.
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