Good Afternoon, All!
Hot 'n humid here today, but I am canning pork 'n beans in spite of it. I just put the last two 2# bags I've had stacked on the island counter in the big pot to bring up to a boil, then let soak for an hour or so before canning - that will give me 21 quarts canned and 4 quarts ready to go in the next load by the time I call it a day. I have to take younger grandson birthday shopping tomorrow so will pop into Aldi while we are out and about to pick up another dozen bags of beans. Might pick up twenty and pack some 2# mylar bags while I'm at it - they'd fit nice in the square 2# buckets we've switched to using for sugar and be soooo much easier to carry if needs be.
Breakfast this morning was corned beef hash - shredded corned beef from some I'd canned when I found it on sale for 99 cents/lb after St. Paddy's Day, a small yellow beet from the garden that I shredded fine, and most of one of those little milk carton looking things of dehydrated hashbrowns that had been rehydrated. Once it was about done, I scooped a double portion out of the big skillet into a small one, made two holes in the hash and dropped in a couple of extra large eggs before slapping the lid on and letting it cook until the eggs were done the way we like them. We'll have hash to carry in our lunches a couple of days this week - I may have to carry in a spare serving as I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to take our youngest doc in to raise as he stands at the table and drools over my lunches from home
Hubby is busy setting up the old hand grinder to use to grind up some ham to make ham salad for lunch; I've got the leftover greens from the beet I used in the hash and will head out to the garden in a minute or two to selectively pick a few more so I can simmer up some beet greens. I'll also pick a cuke and some cherry tomatoes, and will slice them plus about half a small onion, douse them with Italian dressing and sprinkle on a bit of feta cheese to finish it off.
I don't think I'm going to need any supper... (Maybe just some watermelon!) (I sure do love summertime food!)
As soon as I shut the burner off under the canner, I'm going to walk down to the waterway and see how the blackberries are coming along - some blackberry dumplings sure would be a fine addition to our Independence Day dinner. I'm hoping the weather holds for the 4th - the kids and I are planning to go to two parades; one at 0900 and one at noon. We should have plenty of time for a picnic lunch on the courthouse lawn before the second one starts A co-worker's grandsons will be riding with their grandpa on one of the tractors in the parade and have promised to watch for us! The Legion is serving a ham 'n bean dinner that evening but I don't know if we'll be up from our naps by the time it starts. Daughter, SIL and the kids went to fireworks in a neighboring town last night so I'm not sure if we'll go Tuesday night or not - we could just go to the hospital where I work and set up lawnchairs; we'd be able to see all the arial ones from there. Of the other 2 nearby towns, one has very poor parking with only a two lane road in/out; and the other one has a carnival with some seriously creepy people running it this year - no thank-you!
I'd better get out to the garden and get those veggies!
Take care all; have a safe and happy week!
Hot 'n humid here today, but I am canning pork 'n beans in spite of it. I just put the last two 2# bags I've had stacked on the island counter in the big pot to bring up to a boil, then let soak for an hour or so before canning - that will give me 21 quarts canned and 4 quarts ready to go in the next load by the time I call it a day. I have to take younger grandson birthday shopping tomorrow so will pop into Aldi while we are out and about to pick up another dozen bags of beans. Might pick up twenty and pack some 2# mylar bags while I'm at it - they'd fit nice in the square 2# buckets we've switched to using for sugar and be soooo much easier to carry if needs be.
Breakfast this morning was corned beef hash - shredded corned beef from some I'd canned when I found it on sale for 99 cents/lb after St. Paddy's Day, a small yellow beet from the garden that I shredded fine, and most of one of those little milk carton looking things of dehydrated hashbrowns that had been rehydrated. Once it was about done, I scooped a double portion out of the big skillet into a small one, made two holes in the hash and dropped in a couple of extra large eggs before slapping the lid on and letting it cook until the eggs were done the way we like them. We'll have hash to carry in our lunches a couple of days this week - I may have to carry in a spare serving as I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to take our youngest doc in to raise as he stands at the table and drools over my lunches from home
Hubby is busy setting up the old hand grinder to use to grind up some ham to make ham salad for lunch; I've got the leftover greens from the beet I used in the hash and will head out to the garden in a minute or two to selectively pick a few more so I can simmer up some beet greens. I'll also pick a cuke and some cherry tomatoes, and will slice them plus about half a small onion, douse them with Italian dressing and sprinkle on a bit of feta cheese to finish it off.
I don't think I'm going to need any supper...
(Maybe just some watermelon!) (I sure do love summertime food!)As soon as I shut the burner off under the canner, I'm going to walk down to the waterway and see how the blackberries are coming along - some blackberry dumplings sure would be a fine addition to our Independence Day dinner. I'm hoping the weather holds for the 4th - the kids and I are planning to go to two parades; one at 0900 and one at noon. We should have plenty of time for a picnic lunch on the courthouse lawn before the second one starts
A co-worker's grandsons will be riding with their grandpa on one of the tractors in the parade and have promised to watch for us! The Legion is serving a ham 'n bean dinner that evening but I don't know if we'll be up from our naps by the time it starts. Daughter, SIL and the kids went to fireworks in a neighboring town last night so I'm not sure if we'll go Tuesday night or not - we could just go to the hospital where I work and set up lawnchairs; we'd be able to see all the arial ones from there. Of the other 2 nearby towns, one has very poor parking with only a two lane road in/out; and the other one has a carnival with some seriously creepy people running it this year - no thank-you!I'd better get out to the garden and get those veggies!
Take care all; have a safe and happy week!
