Who knew! Well I did, really, but still, what a great discovery. I knew that peppers could be roasted. My friend Joannie is a chef, and I had seen her roasting peppers over a gas burner, decades ago, then it was new information for me. I assumed I needed a gas burner to do it,… Continue reading Roasting Peppers
Category: September
September Entries
Still Moving In!
When we moved to Mist Cottage, just over three years ago, we were overwhelmed by possessions. What comfortably furnished an 1800 square foot home did not fit comfortably into an already fully furnished 640 square foot home. Boxes were stacked to the ceiling, and tunnels through them led to the kitchen, the bathroom and the… Continue reading Still Moving In!
Thanksgiving
It is a long weekend this weekend, Monday is the Canadian Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! Attila has been out and about, actually taking the old, completely destroyed, metal eavestroughs, that have been sitting under the back porch since we bought the house, well since the rotted wood they were attached too… Continue reading Thanksgiving
Pressure Canner: Tomatoes 2018
Another info-note to self about my canned tomatoes. Three dozen jars of tomatoes were canned in September 2018. The first two batches were Roma tomatoes purchased from first NoFrills in a 20 pound box for $7,99, then a second box was purchased from Metro in a 25 pound box for $8.00. The third batch was… Continue reading Pressure Canner: Tomatoes 2018
Steam Canner
This entry is mostly an info-note to self about my new steam canner. When I tested it, as suggested in the manual, by canning four 1 litre jars filled with hot water, and watching the gauge, one of the jars cracked on the bottom. I began at a 6/10 heat on my burner, I never… Continue reading Steam Canner