sleepy smile

2 nights ago(yes,i'm timely with EVERYTHING), i made pumpkin ravioli. it was really yummy. i know that i am biased,and in my head, anything would've tasted good at that point,(it was very time consuming/labor intensive)but jake thought that it was really good too.

so much pumpkin puree left! i want to make a bunch of pumpkin ravioli and freeze them. i'll have to psyche myself up for that project...

also going to make a pie for thanksgiving at mom's,which daniel won't actually make it to(which is too bad since last year my kind of questionably good pie was 80% eaten by him because he thought it was fine.) although,he's coming up the next day,and i'm not anticipating the pie being iffy this time.

i've been looking for those tiny jars that come in like pepperidge farm sausage/jam/gross collections,but cannot find anything even remotely similar...

the end of tragic comedy.

applesauce
cranberry sauce
grape jam/jelly
tomato sauce
apple butter
raspberry jam
strawberry jam
apple jelly
blackberry jelly
jalapeno jelly
pickles
salsas


all (among a zillion things that i could list) possibilities. found the preserving book. now,what to do?

to process things, i make lists,always have. i think that i get it from my mom,who also makes tons of lists. i have to stop myself from putting the list that i've made,detailing my plans for christmas-presenting,since there's always the possibility of this being read by someone who's made it on the list...

back to brainstorming and internet searching...

turn away from all the rough spots.

ordered more canning stuff. christmas presents-here we come!!

besides the jam i've already made,that took a spectacularly long time and amount of materials,what should i make for presents?

salsa seems like a good option,but i'm not sure about the whole process.

perhaps i should just look through the preserving book for ideas...now i just have to remeber where i put it...

stan asked me yesterday if i had heard any gunshots,since it's now deer season,and until last night,i had not. just heard them again, at least right now it's light out. there's nothing smarter than shooting people's faces off in the dark...so,mom and stan should be getting some baby deer again,soon. it's sad. but they are cute.

deimos just came inside covered in snow! her teeny-tiny tail was all fat and snowy. she was almost cute.(but don't tell anyone i said that!)

not interested.

used the remaining cranberries to make more pumpkin cranberry muffins. to be kept away from cat lips,this time...it's really satisfying to grow a pumpkin,make it into puree and then eat a pumpkin muffin,made from it.
i am craving pumpkin/squash ravioli. would it be totally ridiculous to make ravioli from scratch? it seems incredibly involved. but,it would probably be well worth the trouble.

i ain't looking for answers...

i spent last evening(ALL of yesterday evening) puree-ing pumpkin...much like the apple butter,it's hella time-consuming,and would be SO MUCH BETTER if i had people to visit with while i did it. i mean, jake was there,he was just being spazzy and running around doing other things,which i totally understand. i wanted to make more pumpkin cranberry bread,but didn't even want to look at any more pumpkin last night. today. it's snowing,so a good day for baking.
we're also going to make some risotto. pumpkin spice risotto?

rancid is a good band,circa 'life won't wait' crazy to think that that album is well over 10 years old.

i'll be forever blue

about time that i got around to a dehydrating cranberry project. weird,but they turned out more crunchy than chewy. guess i'll have to research the appropriate way to do this kind of thing...

maybe today will include finally making pumpkin puree for various pumpkin-y projects,which include,but are not limited to:pumpkin pie and more pumpkin cranberry bread(that the cats are not allowed to chomp on this time)(chomp!)
should also freeze acorn squash,since we have so much. or maybe soup? pretty sure that one needs butternut squash for squash soup,but i dunno. squash.

fall is the best.

i'm babbling.

got a recipe from a vegnews or vegetarian times for pumpkin cranberry muffins. misplaced it. found another online:
2C flour
3/4 C sugar
1t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1t cinnamon
1/2 t ginger
1/4 t nutmeg
1C pumpkin puree
1 egg(egg replacer works...)
1/4 oil
1Cmilk
1Cranberries chopped
350 15-20 minutes.

was so good that our cats ate a lot of one that i left on the counter...

it seems really moist ,but it's done.

//the real hell of hell is that it is forever//

been so un-busy that i've been unable to even think about wanting to update this...big halloween last night...rastafariiiiii.

anyway.

row of garlic is exciting to think about/have. must do some research about onion planting.

also garden planning and consideration of gardening multiple places. let zucchini and pumpkin take over the left side of the yard...

we've already used about half of the tom. sauce that i froze from the tomatoes from the garden,and we had over a row of tom. plants...next year it'll totally be on with like 3 rows of tomatoes,at least.

the cats started eating the last cranberry pumpkin bread that i made,so i guess that means it's good...?? gross. gonna dehydrate some of the remaining cranberries to see if they replicate craisins of any sort...

still have a lot of pumpkin from the garden,so pumpkin pie will be happening soon...ish.

it's probably gonna be snowing on the regular soon.

then winter-projects will be in effect. i want to make cat and dog treats. 'zine stuff. reading. the last one isn't really a project,but,you know. i guess i could make whole yards full of creepy snowman animals,or something...except that i hate the snow b/c it makes me cold...and wet. so no.

more coffee. that's a project...right? just like getting dressed everyday,except that's a far more fun/eventful "project".