Doomscrolling really isn't helpful to my state of mind.
( brief politics )
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Right, so that didn't turn out as brief as I hoped! It's just so frustrating.
Anyway, yesterday while doing a spot of grocery shopping, I bought a box of plums and a box of tomatoes.
This morning I am making plum preserves. I used about 2/3 of the box and my sister wants me to leave the rest for her to eat straight up. She really likes fresh plums. Well, so do I, but I am spoiled by the ones off my tree that are fragile and delicious and melt in the mouth. Frankly, I'm spoiled by growing things in my garden: the bought versions just aren't as nice.
Later, I hope to make tomato passata from the tomatoes. I don't have a passata maker to sieve out the skins and seeds, but that's okay. I can just whizz them together in the blender and skip the sieving. I don't mind a more chunky sauce, and if I want a fine passata, then I can sieve enough of the puree to make a bottle or two of really fine sauce.
If I have enough tomatoes, I might even be able to make some small amounts of tomato paste - enough to freeze in ice cube trays and store somewhere for when "a tablespoon" of tomato paste is a PITA.
Also: I don't know why I bother buying bunches of coriander. I should just carefully cultivate plants of it all year around. Don't know where I'd cultivate it, but there you have it...
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I have quilting and gardening posts to make but, eh, I just can't even today. I want to sleep and eat and sleep some more.
( brief politics )
--
Right, so that didn't turn out as brief as I hoped! It's just so frustrating.
Anyway, yesterday while doing a spot of grocery shopping, I bought a box of plums and a box of tomatoes.
This morning I am making plum preserves. I used about 2/3 of the box and my sister wants me to leave the rest for her to eat straight up. She really likes fresh plums. Well, so do I, but I am spoiled by the ones off my tree that are fragile and delicious and melt in the mouth. Frankly, I'm spoiled by growing things in my garden: the bought versions just aren't as nice.
Later, I hope to make tomato passata from the tomatoes. I don't have a passata maker to sieve out the skins and seeds, but that's okay. I can just whizz them together in the blender and skip the sieving. I don't mind a more chunky sauce, and if I want a fine passata, then I can sieve enough of the puree to make a bottle or two of really fine sauce.
If I have enough tomatoes, I might even be able to make some small amounts of tomato paste - enough to freeze in ice cube trays and store somewhere for when "a tablespoon" of tomato paste is a PITA.
Also: I don't know why I bother buying bunches of coriander. I should just carefully cultivate plants of it all year around. Don't know where I'd cultivate it, but there you have it...
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I have quilting and gardening posts to make but, eh, I just can't even today. I want to sleep and eat and sleep some more.
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