long weekend

So this weekend I cooked and put up

1. 2 pints of fried corn (12 ears of corn makes about 2 pints)
2. Still in the process of making ketchup. I am doing it in the crock pot and it’s taking forever. I am gonna put it on low and leave it over night.
3. 18 pints of tomatoes in the freezer
4. We picked blackberries today, I am making jam tomorrow.

We got some wine and mead at Nashoba Valley Winery today. I think we are going to have mead at our Heroes/Geek party next month.
I got most of Brianna’s shopping done, Kenny will be next week. 3 weeks left for Brianna, 4 for Kenny. I am starting to feel very anxious about being alone.
My car goes in the shop tomorrow, they have to fix the bumper (Kenny got rear-ended at a light a few weeks ago)

One of the feral kitties showed up…and he is in really bad shape. One of his back legs is all lame now. I think maybe someone takes care of him, because he was super social. I don’t know what’s going to happen to him…it’s really sad.

I was wrong about registering for class…I can’t register till the 20th. That is a little scary too.

what I cooked this weekend

So I have a TON of sage drying…I need to hang it up in the basement.

I made fried corn today, but the ears were smaller than usual so I only got enough for dinner and about a pint.

I have some beets I am going to pickle.

We are going to pick blackberries in a couple of weeks at the winery. I got some from the farm but I think they are wild…they are bigger and sweeter at the winery.

We cooked up one of the eggplants (off one of our plants) for Baba Ganoush. I also charred corn for salsa and grilled another eggplant, some zucchini and squash for sandwiches this week. Ok I made Brian grill it, same difference.

So, I shouldn’t have to cook till Wed. Nice.

Canning is hard work

So, between yesterday and today, I have canned sugar-free strawberry preserves, bigmama pickles (known to the rest of the world as bread and butter pickles), cherries, and put some squash casserole in the freezer.

I also have some grated carrots that I am probably going to make carrot cake batter and freeze for the fall. Or maybe I will just make carrot and raisin salad. We’ll see.

Here are some pics:

I did 4 pints of cherries

11 half-pints of sugar-free strawberry preserves:

7 pints of bigmama pickles

mmm mmm mmm

Here are the strawberries yesterday…