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I told my brother I was trying unsuccessfully to think of something to post on Facebook, and he said "Make some tea, maybe that will get you started." And while I was doing that I had to work around the reason I'm particularly tired this morning, all the little FULL canning jars on the counter, so I just posted on Facebook: "is tired, but delighted on looking over all the dimpled little caps of the blackberry jam we stayed up till 11PM for. Our first attempt at making jam seems to be a success! :D"
It's a little on the sweet side for me, but Eor says he saw a recipe with half as much sugar (and more pectin, I think, to make up for that) so we'll try that next time. Seriously, there's more sugar in this stuff than there is berries, that seems a bit excessive. But it's good, and I'm sure most people would say it's just right. I had a cashew butter and blueberry jam sandwich for supper because how could I let all the pot scrapings go to waste? ;) I may try it over ice-cream at some point.
I'm not sure why Eor thought that we really had to make jam last night. I think he was afraid the berries would go bad, even in the fridge, before the weekend, and quite possibly he's right. I think I've heard it's okay to just toss them in the freezer until you can get around to them, but I'm not sure they'd be quite the same, especially in our freezer.
Oh, the canes on the porch are going into the dumpster today. A couple of days ago the berries started tasting a little like a fruit roll-up with no sugar, which if you were without fresh berries would probably not be anything to turn down for the hunter-gatherer. The dumpster guy FINALLY came this morning, so a lot of things are going out today. I think I mentioned that somefool friend of one of the people who is resident but not owner in one of the condo units parked her car in front of the dumpster so the guy couldn't get in to pick up on Monday, and the dumpster was already overflowing then, so it's been pretty bad for the past two days.
Also, I got my mouth guard yesterday, and of course completely forgot to use it last night, I was so tired. But with the guard they gave me the casting of my teeth so that if I ever want another one made I won't need to have the impressions taken again. Now I have these scary chompers sitting on my desk in front of me. I'm a little oversensitive about how snaggly my teeth are, so staring at them is probably not the best for my self-esteem. Eor said "That's what you have lips for!" and I'm trying to tell myself that anyone's teeth look scary with no lips over them, but gosh. Yet, I've always said that I don't believe in excessive orthodontia and whitening, and I should stick by that.
Hawk thinks I should get some model paints and make them look realistic, but give myself a gold tooth, and Eor thinks I should wire them together so I can go *chomp-chomp-chomp!* at people. :)
It's a little on the sweet side for me, but Eor says he saw a recipe with half as much sugar (and more pectin, I think, to make up for that) so we'll try that next time. Seriously, there's more sugar in this stuff than there is berries, that seems a bit excessive. But it's good, and I'm sure most people would say it's just right. I had a cashew butter and blueberry jam sandwich for supper because how could I let all the pot scrapings go to waste? ;) I may try it over ice-cream at some point.
I'm not sure why Eor thought that we really had to make jam last night. I think he was afraid the berries would go bad, even in the fridge, before the weekend, and quite possibly he's right. I think I've heard it's okay to just toss them in the freezer until you can get around to them, but I'm not sure they'd be quite the same, especially in our freezer.
Oh, the canes on the porch are going into the dumpster today. A couple of days ago the berries started tasting a little like a fruit roll-up with no sugar, which if you were without fresh berries would probably not be anything to turn down for the hunter-gatherer. The dumpster guy FINALLY came this morning, so a lot of things are going out today. I think I mentioned that some
Also, I got my mouth guard yesterday, and of course completely forgot to use it last night, I was so tired. But with the guard they gave me the casting of my teeth so that if I ever want another one made I won't need to have the impressions taken again. Now I have these scary chompers sitting on my desk in front of me. I'm a little oversensitive about how snaggly my teeth are, so staring at them is probably not the best for my self-esteem. Eor said "That's what you have lips for!" and I'm trying to tell myself that anyone's teeth look scary with no lips over them, but gosh. Yet, I've always said that I don't believe in excessive orthodontia and whitening, and I should stick by that.
Hawk thinks I should get some model paints and make them look realistic, but give myself a gold tooth, and Eor thinks I should wire them together so I can go *chomp-chomp-chomp!* at people. :)
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