- I have officially dubbed the water playground at the YMCA the “Cement Pond”.
- We need to teach Boo to swim. He’s getting very brave in the pool.
- Canning victories – bread and butter pickles and Thai chili dill pickles.
- Canning failure – chunky salsa. It turned out to be more of a mildly spicy relish. That will be for Boo or to mix into dishes that need peppers and onions.
- Next batch of salsa used a different recipe and isn’t as chunky. Initial testing indicates that it has a significantly spicier taste. It’s definitely going to be good for drinking beer and eating chips during football.
- Canning endeavors still waiting on results – Regular dill pickles, jalapeno dill pickles, and dill pickle relish. Also peach preserves, margarita strawberry jam, and blueberry jam.
- Dessert for tomorrow night might possibly be rhubarb cobbler. Our rhubarb plant is very plentiful and could use a bit of trimming.
- Why is it that I was the designated driver on Saturday night, and only drank ginger ale and ice water, and I still woke up with a hangover?
- “Honey, the car is groaning when I turn the corner” is never a good thing.
- It must have been Methamphetamine Appreciation Day at Kroger today. I’ve never seen so many people twitching, sweating, and mumbling to themselves in my life.
- Being two days into a four day weekend is kind of nice.
Thoughts on the Weekend
Posted by daddybear71 on August 5, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/08/05/thoughts-on-the-weekend-16/
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/ August 5, 2012Out of curiosity, how many Thai chiles per bottle canned? Yesterday my in-laws gifted us with, coincidentally, some teenytiny Thai chiles and cucumbers from their garden.
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daddybear71
/ August 5, 2012I put in three per quart, but that only gives a nice spicy undercurrent. You could definitely throw in more if you want the heat to be more than a strong note. Other than that, I just followed the dill pickle recipe out of a cookbook.
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A Girl And Her Gun (@agirlandhergun)
/ August 6, 2012Homemade pickles are the best!!
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Auntie J
/ August 6, 2012Large has taken to jumping into the pool in full-on belly-flop mode. I can’t figure out how it doesn’t hurt…unless it’s just ’cause she’s so skinny.
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Drang
/ August 7, 2012I’ve never seen so many people twitching, sweating, and mumbling to themselves in my life.
I’m calling BS. There’s no way you forgot about your first trip to the gas chamber.
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daddybear71
/ August 7, 2012This was worse, I swear to God. The place was packed, and about every third person was on something. It was like they were giving samples or something.
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