* It's best to can pickles in the morning rather than at night. It seems to be easiest to dive in when I'm not quite fully awake.
* The most prolific tomatoes are going to be the least-helpful ones....in this case, the volunteer grape tomatoes. No matter how much I want salsa, they are such a pain to peel....
* Next year no matter WHAT the tag says about "easy to grow," if it says "heirloom" I'm putting the plant down and pretending it never existed.
* If you actually have worn the rubber off of your jar lifters, you might be a bit of a canning overachiever.
* Gardening newsletters might be right about planting the seedlings for the fall garden in July and August, but they fail to explain what to do with them when they're several inches tall and it's still 90+ degrees outside.
* Julia Child makes an excellent pizza crust--even when you don't follow her directions exactly as written. This still does not encourage me to cook with an entire stick of butter.
* I might just be a bit perverse, but when people start spreading rumors about "death panels" to try to defeat a healthcare plan, the plan seems like something I probably want to support.
* It's going to take more than 2 days before I'm willing to discuss the whole "carrot-bourbon jam" episode....
* As much as it pains me to say this, I think I'm glad we ended up with the pattypan squash. It doesn't get as bitter or as watery as zucchini. And they're kind of cute.
* If you're just after zucchini bread and cake, freezing shredded zucchini works just fine.
* No matter how hard you try, you just can't explain sleeping in on weekends to a cat.
1 comment:
I'm with you on that last item on your list. Like you, I have two cats.
If I try to sleep in, they gang up on me - not my husband, just me. I get gentle paws with claws out finding my nose under the bedclothes. Shouts and cries. A body leaping up onto me and crying down my ear. If one cat can't rouse me, the second one joins in!
However, once fed, and allowed to venture outside, I am allowed to get back into bed. By this stage, unless I am really tired, I am usually fully awake..........
Beloved furry objects, they do love their routine!
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