Autumn, Apples and Baking - ~OT~

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "JoAnn Paules" :

]attending/eating

ah - i'm trying to get ready to show. first big one. i'm a mess.

Something about even a hint of Autumn in the air causes me to bake. I just popped a glorious pan of Apple Crisp in the oven. Anyone want some?

Tink>

MMMM pass me some.... I told mom I want to make Apple Butter this year.

I have cooked and canned 5 batches of old fashioned chili sauce and three batches of grape jelly, one batch of pepper jelly the past three weeks...

note - two of the chili sauce and the pepper jelly this weekend alone (my feet are tired of standing in the kitchen! LOL).

I love the smell of canning goodies in the kitchen.... the chili sauce takes

Cheryl DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Today I brought in all the plants that haven't frozen yet.

Tina

It is very simple really. You need cooking apples so they go down to a mush.

Cook the apples until they break down. Mash them up. Sweeten as desired. Whip some double cream until it peaks. Combine the apples and cream, Chill and serve in tall glasses.

Shirley

In message , Tinkster writes

And when can I expect my first batch in the mail from you, Shirley?

It would be a squishy, squashy and somewhat smelly by the time it got to you. LOL. It would probably look like snow that as been churned up on the highway.

Shirley

In message , ~Candace~ writes

Yee Haw!!!

Tina

It melts here every day too. The ice from freezing over night.

I cleared the yard this week-end, though I still have a little to do before the green house is ready for winter. Cut and dry parsley and celery leaves. Put all the summer tools in the green house; the winter tools in the garage; a few spring gardening supplies in storage upstairs in the garage.

Some of the leaves have frozen green on the trees, but most are golden. No snow yet, but it can't be far away now. And, yippee, it's dark at night.

Tina

"Dawn Scannell" wrote...

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :

]Yee Haw!!!

well, i hope so. but i'm scared to death and hoping we get enough done!

I shouldn't tell you this because it SO gross....but I will.

When I came home from the hospital in Aug, I was so weak and debilitated from lying on my back for 10 days that it took another week before I could do anything. In the meantime, DH was doing the cooking or carrying-in. At the end of the month, my daughters came for the weekend and one of their projects was to clean my fridge. Well in throwing stuff out, they started to see fruit flies when they opened the cupboard under the sink. yes, potatoes had rotted under there and were beyond disgusting. They were both gagging from the smell, which would have amused me if I wasn't so sick from chemo at the time.

It took all three of them (DH too) to deal with it and half a box of baking soda to finally kill the smell. I just sat on the sofa and directed traffic.

Moral of the story: If you stop cooking for a month, check the potatoes. lol

Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

When is it? It's not far from me at all!

Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

Wait, how do you do beads and apples at the same time? Let's see.....beads....apples....(weighing) I think the beads win!

Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

October 2 and 3 and October 9 and 10. My best friend and I are shooting for the 3rd, weather permitting, with the 10th as a backup date.

Bead Fest on Saturday, Apples on sunday.

Maybe I'll just bead some apples.

All I can do is advise you not to take it (and one's self) too seriously. Don't feel under pressure to perform. Your biggest job right now is to learn.

Tina

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :

]All I can do is advise you not to take it (and one's self) too seriously. ]Don't feel under pressure to perform. Your biggest job right now is to ]learn.

thanks, Tina. you're right, as usual.

Got any leftovers??

It's just so hard to imagine it being cold anywhere right now. Gosh...I need to get out more! LOL! Dawn