Today I re-cooked the batch with 50% red grape juice, 50% white grape juice. I had exactly 8 cups of the jelly left in the fridge to re-jell. The test batch I did worked really well, but just to be complete I tested as I rejelled this larger batch. Again I did the cold spoon […]
I managed NOT to touch the jars (significantly) all day, and even kept my 7 year old away from them. When we finally tested them, none had really jelled to my satisfaction, including the batch we tried re-jelling. So I resorted to the one thing I knew well. The web. A few searches later, I […]
I woke up this morning feeling like I had been run over by a truck. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of running (since I’m training for the Seattle 1/2 Marathon), and before that I was biking a lot (see PastryPowered.com), but I rarely feel like THAT the day after training. I stayed in PJs […]
Today, I spent from 3pm on doing something with grapes. I could not have been more pleased with the grapes hanging from the trellis. They were beautiful, plump and dark red. From the ladder, I was able to snip the grape clusters and have them fall right into my hands. I filled 5 large bowls […]
There are grapes on my property. More accurately, the grape plants originate on the property of my neighbor to the south. The vines weave through and over the half height metal fence into our yard. It makes for great hiding places for my cats during the summer. Every year I cut the vines back and […]
