Nightmare on 29th Street

Jaspenelle
by Jaspenelle
Mon
29
Sep
2008
9:57pm
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pluots
My hands are stained red, the cutting board and knife drip crimson, chunks of scarlet bubble away in the crockpot, anything that didn’t fit in there is in the freezer, for future use…

Bwahahahahahahaha!

*Cough* Um, this isn’t the start of a B-flick! I just finished processing a bushel of pluots! I also have most of the latest ripe (and a few green just to experiment) tomatoes from Shannon’s garden in my dehydrator. Can you believe I filled 8 square feet of space and still have a few pounds to go?

tomatoes

I still have a bushel of apples to either freeze or dry, as well as more summer squash. Thank goodness I love zucchini (I made relish with the last batch.) I also roasted a chicken and made an apple pie from scratch today. My pie crust was a little chewy (hey I am a bread maker, it feels weird not to work my dough) but got the Michael seal of approval, which is good enough for me. I have some sage and oregano to jar and label before bed still.

harvest

Oh Eternal Spirits of the Harvest, how I love this Autumn bounty! But if I see one more pluot… Oh wait, I still have 20 on the table. *Horror-movie-esque scream*

3 Comments

  1. Elizabeth Tolman
    Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 11:27 am | Permalink

    Good for you. When we lived in Canada for 13 years between Africa and Mexico, especially in the Kirchener – Waterloo Mennonite area I spent hours in the kitchen. It was well worth the time and money saved for a family of 7. This included filling a huge chest freezer (applesauce, green and yellow beans, rhubarb, strawberries, blue and black berries etc) On the shelves were about 250 jars of jam and marmelade, plus – plus, plus. I really enjoy the fixin’s and in the winter our costs were down very low.
    Here with fresh fruits and vegetables available all year round in the small street markets this is not necessary. I am interested in your dehydrating system – equipment needed etc.
    Love and congratulations Nana

  2. Velen
    Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 11:48 pm | Permalink

    Looks like all is well over in Spokaneville!

    I have good news from this direction, too!

    In about 14ish hours, I rate a sword…

  3. Aunt Ruth
    Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 5:12 pm | Permalink

    No one could ever call you lazy!!