Mar. 7th, 2009

tappity tap

Mar. 7th, 2009 08:46 am
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It is supposed to snow this weekend. I hope not. I pray not. I bought a rosemary plant and a peppermint plant. I might eventually put the peppermint plant near one side of the house by this fir tree and let it go crazy. (because mint likes to do that) I am not sure where I will put the rosemary plant as the semi-dead one is in the big herb bed but the snow and the general dampness might have killed it off. I am still battling to improve the soil there. Maybe the front garden I can expand. Or maybe I will just create a raised bed just for growing large quantities of rosemary. Weee. I know how to rock the excitement.

I made a really tasty tapenade last night for dinner. It had tuna and artichoke hearts. It proved to be popular. I also made bruschetta and roasted bell peppers. Then we had pesto and pasta. the pasta was all right. I think I like the stall's porcini pasta more than their tortellini. For dessert, people ate the last of the apple pie and I had the blood orange sorbet. Now to bake something for dessert to hold us for the week. And to make marmalade too. Time to wash jars in earnest.
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Recipe for Tuna and artichoke spread.

My hands smell of oranges. I peeled and sliced up a ton of orange peel and then picked apart the pith and other details of a million oranges. I simmered the peel and orange pulp and now it must sit overnight before I finish the process to make/can a ton of marmalade for the year. I am looking at a couple of other marmalade recipes. Strawberry-lemon marmalade sounds kind of fun. My Mother has fantasies of meyer lemon and strawberry marmalade.

I don't have to cook dinner tonight. Mr. Jenner is making toad in the hole. Definitely an ideal dinner for a dark and cold Saturday night.
Now to make pineapple upside down cake!

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