Jay's Jammin

STRAWBERRY JAM AND STRAWBERRIES & RHUBARB JAM, IN THE BOTTLES. Eight quarts strawberries, four and a half lbs. rhubarb & you don’t want to know how much sugar makes 42 jars of jam. The start of another season of jammin.

That was the output and a small amount of the hardware involved. There were also several bowls,  2 wooden spoons, a sauce pan, a small stockpot and several measuring cups. Not to mention 4 hands and 2 tired backs and a sticky floor.

Now for the catch-up.

She also keeps my elbows warm.

Me drilling plant holes for petunias using new auger, plants dug up that night by a mean ol’ coon.

The new Green Gage plum and Rochester peach. Sold my old Troy Horse & got an Electric Mantis Tiller, first use, dig holes for new trees and about 12 Lilacs. It’s a hoggin fool!

Now to make some insecticidal soap to deter the bugs on the fruit trees.

Almost forgot to post a pic of my new sdreen saver!

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  The other day we cooked out doors on the new deck. I fired up the grill and put on the hot dog roller.Then I sautees some onions and sweet pepper in butter

added some beer and brats and simmered for 15 minutes.

Letting the rollers do all the work.

  While I relaxed.

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Start by staring into ComposT-Twin tumbler, to see if compost is ready to use after 1 year. Normal is 2 weeks.

First we planted the Rochester peach. Not shown is the new Mantis electric tiller tearing new a**holes in our clay & rocky soil. Worked great and saved a lot of time and effort. However, this what I looked like after working on only 2 holes.

Last to go in was the Green Gage plum. I have been looking for this for 2 years. Even had trouble finding it on the web, until I spelled as 2 words. It tuns out “Green Gages” were imported into England from France in 1724 by Sir William Gage. Finally it is in my yard.

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# Today: Windy…cloudy with rain and snow. High around 40F. Winds E at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of precip 90%. A slushy accumulation of around one inch.
# Tonight: Cloudy and windy at times with periods of rain. Low 37F. ESE winds at 20 to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a half an inch.
# Tomorrow: Light rain…mixing with snow in the afternoon. High near 40F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 80%.
# Tomorrow night: Snow showers early becoming more scattered later. Low 32F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 40%.

  So of course this had to arrive. I assembled it on the kitchen table. Now it will tantalize   me until better weather.lI decided on the electric model because I have trouble pull starting gas engines now after all the chest and arm surgeries.

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  Up at 7am to travel to SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SURGICAL HOSPITAL to have yet another graft in my left forearm for dialysis access. Just fished breakfast and am going back to bed. Hope this one works.

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  So pretty. Too bad it tasted so bad. I figured a Pillsbury Bakeoff Millionaire winning recipe HAD to be good. WRONG O. First it called for branded waffles, I had homemade Belgian waffles. Then I couldn’t find any poultry seasoning, so I pulled a recipe off the Web & made my own. Too bad I didn’t have time to grind it. The final straw was not having any fresh sage(I killed the plant) so I added MORE rubbed sage. We didn’t finish the stuffing. The chicken was good but the next time I will use skinless, boneless breast portions and a regular waffle, (still homemade). I will also work on that seasoning.

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  See that? I guess Momma wants bigger meals. She just added to my collection of cast iron, or maybe just wants something easier to wash. The new dutch oven by Calphalon has a ceramic coating and also dimples on the underside of the lid to promote condensation draining down into the pot.

  Let’s see now, the largest brisket I can find? Or 8 Lbs of Sauerbraten?

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  And now for something completely different. Today I finally did something I’ve always wanted to do. I ravaged my savings and bought all new LED bulbs for the rear lights on our truck. Alas,even the technology of the interweb can’t show you much difference in lumens. Top photo is with lights off, and bottom with brakes on. The brake lights, by the way, blink 10 times a second for 2 seconds when braking, then go solid. Neeto!!

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  Momma took some cheesecakes over to brother Tiny’s yesterday. Gene & Jean liked them so much that when Jean called to invite us for dinner today she said I had to make dessert. Riiigghht!.  A diabetic makes dessert for himself and another diabetic and both of our women. So I made peach cobbler ,  GRANNY’S PEACHES & CREAM COBBLER

And this was what it looked like when we got started. The remainder is being frozen,my glucometer skyrockets just looking at the picture!(But it sure was good!!)

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  Trying my hand st mini cheesecakes today. Made the crust from vanilla wafers, butter and vanilla. Turns out maybe too much butter as it saoked into the liner papers and is now sticking to the plates!
  Now to find a recipe for the cherry topping to put on in the morning.

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  Pictures taken this morning by Momma with Brandy’s assistance while I was sleeping. Top is towards deck & back yard, bottom is down the front driveway. Can you tell Springtime is near?
  Now to find something that uses buttermilk and dried cherries that I have in excess.

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  Today was for making salmon soup and more playing with the Foodsaver. Got the idea for the soup from MrsDOF, but I couldn’t leave well enough alone. I had to research the recipe to correct Chicken of the Seas version. Found at http://www.cooksrecipes.com/soup/asian-style-salmon-noodle-soup-recipe.html  and was it good, Thanks Diane!!

  We had to replace our old worn out Foodsaver, it couldn’t suck or seal any more. The new one amazingly enough , cost the same as the old one did about 9 years ago. This one has more features including non-vacuum bag sealing and better operation.

My dialysis has been cut to twice a week because my clearance numbers are better, so I only need to go in on Monday and Friday.

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So with no fresh fruit handy and too much snow outside,what can I do? Well,  I still want the stove working,so I find something different to cook. Momma says delicacies, but I’m just playing with my food!
So far, Chicken enchiladas

and French toast with peaches and cinnamon sauce.

Brother[in-law Gene came over(40 miles!) and changed over mower to snow blade on tractor for me. I managed to plow out the drive yesterday ,good thing,we’ve had 2 deliveries and a meter reader come in today.
That little bit of work helped keep my glucometer reading below 150 for 2 days now. Is that the secret?Get off my butt? That’s too easy!  Well, I’ll try.

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I’m back and feeling better!  So after one angioplasty balloon procedure to correct the narrowing of the artery in my arm and rescheduling of my prescription usage I can now dialize without dropping my blood pressure into the basement.  First scheduled treatment back was on Halloween and I went in thinking that I would go in as Van Helsing but I didn’t want to freak them out.  It turns out there was one vampire, one innocent maiden and Rudy who was cleverly disguised as a medical technician. 

Since then my eyesight has cleared a little and I can see some of details of the facilities such as chairs and floor patterns. I was pleasantly surprised to see TVs at each station and no blood stains on the walls or other surfaces.  There will not be a steady stream of comments on this situation as it has no bearing on this blog. 

So far I have been able to cook breakfast on the non cereal days three time in a row much to Momma’s delight.  I’m still working up the nerve to cook a souffle omelet. 

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We have run into a slight complication with the Dialysis so we will be posting at a later date.  Thanks for dropping by!

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