Isn’t it fun when an idea – a good cause idea at that – catches on? Here’s the staff of the International Quilt Festival making postcards on company time. Now that’s my kind of job! Since the “boss”, Karey Bresenhan, is also honorary chairperson of the FiberArt For A Cause event, I thought it was great that she got her crew involved.
Today was round two of the tomato canning event at my house. Yesterday I did 9 quarts of “whole” tomatoes; today I did 8 quarts of “puree”. Why the quotes? Because whole tomatoes in this setting are really quarterd and pureed means that I put them through the kitchenaid’s grinder. And let me remind you what a tremendous mess THAT is! The directions should start with: “cover all nearby surfaces with a plastic tarp, and specifically, drape some food covering plastic over the exit area of the grinder such that whatever squirts out goes into the waiting container rather than across the room.”
at least I remembered to raise the level of the waiting container to minimize splashing there. But, all good, lots of tomatoes for next tomato-less season. Hope to do some more of that.
In the bread category, yesterday I tried to remember how to make pain au levain. Turned out ok, but not a lot of rise. I think it was too cool, honestly.
Today I made St. H’s Light Rye. The presence of big warm things is a good thing for making rye bread. In fact I may have done the unusual and over-risen this bread a bit, having mis-judged how warm the area over still-warm jars of tomato or still warm huge canning pots of water are. But it looks good and smells better and that’s what counts.
I’m officially done in the kitchen. Off to get some hand lotion and then do some quilting!
