Yep, I've been busy. I've been up to a different kind of making from the ceramics/metal that I'm used to, but it's all good. And the deliciousness is a bonus.
This month, I've made two kinds of double-berry jam, made cherry preserves and canned asparagus with garlic and hot peppers. (Major thanks to Ian and CL for the help...it's been a bit insane around here, and sometimes this really does take a group effort. At this rate, we're all going to be expert canners! Yay!)
This is a pic of the raspberry-blackberry jam (with just a smidge of lemon rind). I am soooo making more of this while the season lasts, because this is gonna go fast! (Trust me, I know: I've been eating the small bowlful of jam that was too small to can, and it's amazing...sweet with just a hint of tartness from the lemon. It looks really dark in the jars, but on bread it's a rich ruby red. I'd show you a pic on bread, but I only have wonderbread, and that would be a sorry thing to do.)
At least now I know what I'm giving everybody I know for Christmas this year: seriously good jam. Unless I eat it all first.
These are some tiny little gooey-on-the-inside chocolate cakes that Ian and I made up tonight. The recipe was from a link Helen sent me from Les Foodies, and it worked like a charm.
I highly recommend it. It's quick to make, only involves a few ingredients, and two of them are dark chocolate and mascarpone. Who would say no to that?
I've wanted to start up a blog about making *forever*, but with school I never had the time. Until now.
I know that I work mostly with fine metals and ceramics, but I've been a fibre girl from way back, and I had the best luck last week, so I must gush.
I got a sewing machine last week.
This isn't just any sewing machine, it's a 1917 Singer, and it's in fabulous shape. [swoon] I've wanted one of these since birth, so this is major. (HUGE thanks to Carol-Lynn and her father...they found it, and they got it for me. Truly, they are saints.) They found it in a barn in Picton near CL's studio.
I cleaned it up, and right now, it's sitting in the middle of my living room. My plans: clean it a bit more, then oil it with some 3-in-1, then see about attaching the treadle belt. Then sew a TON.
Who knows, I might even make a few extra brass bobbins sometime, just to see 'em shiny-new.
Yep, I've been busy. I've been up to a different kind of making from the ceramics/metal that I'm used to, but it's all good. And the deliciousness is a bonus.
