August 26, 2006

Cooking!

I had to get three weekends of cooking fun stuff into one. Cooking has become an outlet for me, in the way that art used to be. Now art is more of a job, and I need something else that's fun. I ran to the farmers' market, returned with a ton of good deals, including an entire peck of 'second' peaches for one dollar! Paul volunteered for chopping duty, so together, we made:


  • individual ginger-peach cobblers in ramekins

  • a pound of frozen diced peppers

  • a crockpot full of chunky cinnamon applesauce

  • two quarts of salsa

  • sundried tomatoes for Paul's Mom

  • two gallons of tomato sauce

  • I also cleaned and rewatered the fountain, which was gross, cleaned off the patio, and did the dishes from all the projects. Loads of work, and after watching the DVD of Airplane! that Paul just bought, I am now inking the inks of the just.

    Oh, and I must mention how much the Victorio strainer rocks. What an awesome little invention. I processed an entire bushel of tomatoes in probably twenty minutes, and if I'd had a more stable setup, I could have done it in even less time. All the waste from a full bushel fit into one quart bag. That's some efficiency! Thanks, Jen, for the tip about running the pulp through a second time... I got a ton more juice out than I thought I would.

    Posted by Janer
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