Fear My Productivity!
I can't believe how much we got done this weekend! Yesterday, we slept late and then went berry picking - managed to get over 20 pounds of tomatoes & peaches, a tray of blackberries and raspberries and some apples. We got home, took a good shower and I started canning tomatoes. stentoriansista and I made a bison, mushroom and zucchini lasagna using the sauce I made on Monday.
Today I made a blackberry wine sorbet and stentoriansista and I peeled apples and threw them in the crockpot before going out to run errands. Picked up 3 flats of canning jars, bought a mattress from costco (shiny! new! soft! yay!), then ran out to G street for fabric for stentoriansista and two new work totes for me. Got home, canned the apple sauce, made blackberry jam and canned that. So really, lots of canning. I'm totally getting into canning - it's easy and fun, just hot. Gives a good sense of satisfaction and means less food to buy later.
I am a little disappointed at how the jelly turned out. I used low sugar pectin without realizing it and put in about the amount of sugar called for by the recipe. The result is very sweet. Canned 8 half pints and I have 3 cups more. Will probably make jam bread tomorrow to take to work... which still leaves two cups. I suppose I could can those. Hrm. Bears thought.
Ugh, tired like a tired thing.
Today I made a blackberry wine sorbet and stentoriansista and I peeled apples and threw them in the crockpot before going out to run errands. Picked up 3 flats of canning jars, bought a mattress from costco (shiny! new! soft! yay!), then ran out to G street for fabric for stentoriansista and two new work totes for me. Got home, canned the apple sauce, made blackberry jam and canned that. So really, lots of canning. I'm totally getting into canning - it's easy and fun, just hot. Gives a good sense of satisfaction and means less food to buy later.
I am a little disappointed at how the jelly turned out. I used low sugar pectin without realizing it and put in about the amount of sugar called for by the recipe. The result is very sweet. Canned 8 half pints and I have 3 cups more. Will probably make jam bread tomorrow to take to work... which still leaves two cups. I suppose I could can those. Hrm. Bears thought.
Ugh, tired like a tired thing.