Life and times of a new farmer/homesteader
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Today was a beautiful day. It got close to 60 degrees F again,
and it was sunny with little wind. I took some pictures (see
previous post.) I also played with Polly and the chickens, took a
long walk, cleaned, did some dishes, mostly spent my day outside,
enjoying the good life.I talked to my sister, Beth, a bit. We are getting together tomorrow to make some salsa and to can it. I can hardly wait! Can you tell I'm excited? I'm excited. My sister is wonderful. She's a nature photographer. If you wan't to see some beautiful pictures, check out her website: www.ejoylife.com There is a link to her online portfolio there. She's a really creative person, and alot of fun to hang out with. She would be a natural homesteader, and really does alot of things homesteaders do (cans, makes her own bread and jam, gardens...) Maybe she can give me some pointers on how to use the camera my mom lent me. I'm going to bring her some eggs, for which she is pretty thrilled about. She already let me know I can talk her out of some blackberry jam. Maybe she has some pears off her tree left too... almost too much to hope for.  I'm cooking the chicken I roasted on (what was it??? Monday, Tuesday?) Making stock out of it. Once again, it was wonderful. Oh, that reminds me, I have to throw in a couple bay leaves. Be right back... Miss me? Anyways, it won't be done for a couple days, so I made enchiladas tonight. Next time I make them I will use the recipe I found here (on deedee06's blog) for the sauce. I'm looking forward to that. Some of my recipes sound kind of strange to people. There's a reason. When I was young, I got a whiff of sulfur dioxide in my nose and lost my sense of smell for about ten years. It's still not completely right, for example, I'm pretty sure they didn't intend to make Noxema cold cream smell like burning fiberglass, but that's how it smells to me. Without a sense of smell, food can be really boring, as smell is important in relation to taste. So you make up for it. Everything I learned how to do then, I still do. I have come to make food visually beautiful, and texturally interesting. The little taste you do have when you can't smell is limited to salty, sweet, sour, and bitter. So I play with those elements. Tonights enchiladas have raisins and nuts and olives in them, among other things. The raisins are chewy (texture,) and sweet (taste.) The nuts, crunchy. The olives, salty. I also developed a love of really spicy food when I had no sense of smell. The heat sensation of peppers, garlic, horseradish, mustard, and the like keeps food interesting. Tonights dinner has alot of peppers and garlic. Hmmm. I'm getting hungry, and dinner is done. I'll talk to you all later. Peace, Raymond { Last Page } { Page 79 of 181 } { Next Page } |
