I’m attempting the cheese thing again this year. I say “attempting” because I haven’t been overly impressed with my previous attempts. Yesterday, I made parmesan cheese. I tried doing the same thing last year, but parmesan is supposed to age without wax and mine got all moldy and was rendered …
I always thought (well, not always, but since I’ve been canning) it would be cool to make grape jelly, but I didn’t have a source for the grapes…until yesterday. One of my Facebook friends posted that she had some extra concord grapes growing in her yard and they were up for grabs. …
I’ve canned a number of items so far this season. I always hope to do more, but summer is a real time crunch for me and canning is pretty time consuming. I’ll probably squeeze in a few more things before I run out of vegetables, but here’s what I’ve done …
The other month at the liquor store, a new brand of gin (from Philadelphia Distilling) caught my eye. Since it was from the great state of Pennsylvania and had a mail-in rebate associated with it, I gave it a go. I dutifully sent in my mail-in rebate. Yesterday, I not …
I don’t know where the summer has gone. It’s going to be August in a few days and I feel like I’ve been missing out. I guess the month of rain has a lot to do with that–you can’t garden in the rain. But, it seems like there are not …