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So my Zazzle order (Ilthit's pretty, pretty notecards) is, in theory, on its way. However - also in theory - they tried to deliver it about an hour ago.
Which I think is a lie because I didn't get a phone-call from anyone downstairs saying "I have a delivery for" so... WTF.
I hate fedex with a fiery, fiery loathing right now. Lazy, dishonest bastards.
Anyway. Moving right along. :-P
Other than that my morning has actually been pretty awesome and at least slightly productive.
I chopped up 15 cucumbers, most of which are now in the first step of brining (chopped up and soaking in salt water for 24 hrs). And I think I've got just enough 2C jars to put them in, too. :-)
I also fixed a necklace (that's been on my to-do list for months), and checked my soap (which is curing, albeit really, realy slowly... I don't know why that is, either...)
My plan for the afternoon is
1) Make jewelry
2) Do some writing
3) Dye my hair
4) Possibly go to the grocery store (again) and get the spices I need to do the pickles tomorrow morning.
5) Possibly make new beeswax tealights for at-home use
I want to make peach butter.
However I've only got 12 (small) peaches. Which means I can make about 1.5 cups of peach butter. OR I can make 3 cups of peach jam. OR I can make 3 cups of balsamic-peach pickles or spicy peach chutney.
I made tomato-peach salsa last night (with yellow onion, garlic, jalapeno peppers plus white wine vinegar and a pinch of cayenne).
I've discovered that General Store Publishing House is an Ottawa Valley publisher whose catalogue includes cook books. This is very good to know. :-)
Things I want to make (or have already made) this summer:
Rhubarb syrup
Rhubarb chutney (surprisingly barbicue-sauce-like)
Strawberry-Rhubarb jam
Strawberry-Raspberry-Peach-Rhubarb jam
Sumac-Raspberry-Rhubarb syrup
Peach-Tomato Salsa
Frozen White Mulberries (I froze them on a tin plate and then threw them in with my other frozen berries)
Garlic-Dill Cucumber pickles (started)
Peach butter (with ginger and cinnamon)
Spicy Peach chutney OR Balsamic Peach pickles (or both, but we'll see...)
Raspberry jam
Raspberry syrup
Raspberry curd
Apple butter
Apple cider
Apple-cranberry chutney
Cranberry curd
Spicy Cranberry relish (maybe...)
Pumpkin butter (with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves... and maybe just a little maple syrup)
That said, I think I'm going to make peach tarts today.
We're going to Brockville Pride tomorrow and, iirc, there's a picnic after the parade, so it would be nice to have something tasty on hand. :-)
I will make a custard and pour it over sliced peaches... that's my plan. There may or may not be pecans involved...
Anyway. That's where I'm at. :-)
TTFN,
Amazon. :-)
Which I think is a lie because I didn't get a phone-call from anyone downstairs saying "I have a delivery for" so... WTF.
I hate fedex with a fiery, fiery loathing right now. Lazy, dishonest bastards.
Anyway. Moving right along. :-P
Other than that my morning has actually been pretty awesome and at least slightly productive.
I chopped up 15 cucumbers, most of which are now in the first step of brining (chopped up and soaking in salt water for 24 hrs). And I think I've got just enough 2C jars to put them in, too. :-)
I also fixed a necklace (that's been on my to-do list for months), and checked my soap (which is curing, albeit really, realy slowly... I don't know why that is, either...)
My plan for the afternoon is
1) Make jewelry
2) Do some writing
3) Dye my hair
4) Possibly go to the grocery store (again) and get the spices I need to do the pickles tomorrow morning.
5) Possibly make new beeswax tealights for at-home use
I want to make peach butter.
However I've only got 12 (small) peaches. Which means I can make about 1.5 cups of peach butter. OR I can make 3 cups of peach jam. OR I can make 3 cups of balsamic-peach pickles or spicy peach chutney.
I made tomato-peach salsa last night (with yellow onion, garlic, jalapeno peppers plus white wine vinegar and a pinch of cayenne).
I've discovered that General Store Publishing House is an Ottawa Valley publisher whose catalogue includes cook books. This is very good to know. :-)
Things I want to make (or have already made) this summer:
Rhubarb chutney (surprisingly barbicue-sauce-like)
Strawberry-Rhubarb jam
Strawberry-Raspberry-Peach-Rhubarb jam
Sumac-Raspberry-Rhubarb syrup
Peach-Tomato Salsa
Frozen White Mulberries
Garlic-Dill Cucumber pickles (started)
Peach butter (with ginger and cinnamon)
Spicy Peach chutney OR Balsamic Peach pickles (or both, but we'll see...)
Raspberry jam
Raspberry syrup
Raspberry curd
Apple butter
Apple cider
Apple-cranberry chutney
Cranberry curd
Spicy Cranberry relish (maybe...)
Pumpkin butter (with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves... and maybe just a little maple syrup)
That said, I think I'm going to make peach tarts today.
We're going to Brockville Pride tomorrow and, iirc, there's a picnic after the parade, so it would be nice to have something tasty on hand. :-)
I will make a custard and pour it over sliced peaches... that's my plan. There may or may not be pecans involved...
Anyway. That's where I'm at. :-)
TTFN,
Amazon. :-)
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Which is good.
Canada Post is in chaos. I'd honestly much rather my stuff got sent through the post than by courier. At least that way there's a reasonable chance it'll get into my building and, if not, I can just pick it up around the corner.
<*sigh*>
Couriered stuff means having to hope I'm home when they show up (hahaha "show up") or else figure out where my stuff is being held when it's not in a delivery truck and then figure out how to get there, and then go and pick it up myself.
Cripes.
They're always somewhere in the middle of nowhere with no bus access, too. :-P
<*cough*>
Hi, I'm a little grumpy about the whole thing. :-P
Anyway. Hopefully we'll be able to pick them up tomorrow or something.
:-D
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The worst mail experience I had was with a courier package from Finland to Belgium. Not only was it weeks late. Not only had it been opened and repackaged, items were broken and missing. Argh! The same service - Taxipost - lost another package entirely.
I once had to pick a couriered package up at the storage house because I couldn't be home in the middle of the day, but as luck would have it, the storage was right next to where I worked. So that went well.