Coffee

[digitS']

Windstorm blowing through ...

Initially, no problem with daylight saving time sleep hours. Finished my bowl of Kashi, Corn Flakes, Raisins and Banana. And, thinking about @jbrobin09 's pepper sauce, @Shades-of-Oregon 's willingness to try it, @flowerbug 's and @hdan 's appreciation for Sriracha sauce, whether trying to pronounce the first "r" in that name is necessary, and @Dahlia "tossing" Thai peppers into stir-fries — oh, be careful with those little firecrackers !

Inhibitions against me wasting ingredients has really messed up my experiments with fermented/cured foods. I've tossed everything from attempted pastrami to sauerkraut. Even beer – Dad had to be in charge of beer making even if I was in charge of gathering ingredients. As soon as I tried it myself ... compost addition .

I was successful only with the very simplest of wine ingredients and, that might have been the reason. Simple. But, the final product, big deal, huh?

 

[flowerbug]

stuff happens @digitS'...

we had to throw out part of a chocolate cake today. if you know how we are about chocolate and food this is a big deal. i don't know what Mom did with that one when she made it but it was way too dense and dry and i wasn't going to eat any more of it and she hadn't touched it in the past two weeks more than one small corner. nope. i'm not choking that one down.

we went shopping yesterday. i hate shopping but we still manage to have a fun time. very tired though by the time we came home as we'd had to go to the laundromat first and wash some things. i would have washed whatever i needed (kneaded ) in the sink.

other than that i always recommend starting with small amounts and making sure you have the concepts and process down before expanding production to the point where it hurts to throw out mistakes.