This and That Saturday August 11, 2012

It is beautiful out today. Love humidity and it is 73 degrees and slightly cloudy. Wish I could say I have accomplished a lot but, alas, I have not done much. 

I did bring Freddy in as he needed to have his fur plucked and nails done. Freddy one  of my two angora rabbits, the other one is named Ralph. They are bothers and about a year old. I do plan on selling them to get a pure bread female and a pure bread male angora rabbits to start a business with once we find a house.  They can be a duel purpose bread as they are nice size for meat as well as for the lovely fur you pluck off of them a couple of times a year. 

Lunch today was a 6 inch flour tortilla with a light laughing cow cheese spread all over it. I added fresh Basil, baby lettuce, beet tops and black bean dip, oh scallion kimchi too! I had sides of baby carrots, champagne grapes and blackberries. Supper is going to be burgers and ???

I checked my kraut today an it is about time to can that up. So will get to that maybe on Monday unless I do it today.  I did 25# of cabbage for this batch and added onions and carrots to it. I do not have a recipe to share on how to make it but the basic is cabbage and salt, about 3 T salt to every 5 # of cabbage and additions. There are lots of directions you can find on the web. I plan on getting more cabbage to make Amish  canned coleslaw.

Amish  canned coleslaw.
  
1 c finely chopped celery
1/2 diced onion
2 c shredded carrots
1 large head cabbage cored and shredded  
1/4 c finely diced red bell pepper
2 salt.
Mix this together well  and let stand at least an hour. Then drain and add to  the  hot syrup mixture.

syrup
3 c vinegar
3 c sugar
2 t salt
1/2 t celery
1/2 t mustard seed
Place these into a large kettle and heat till all sugar is dissolved. Add cabbage mix to this.
 Mix well before placing slaw into sterile jars. Once jars are filled make sure the juice is at least half way up the side of the jars. Add some of the remaining syrup if need be. I plan to add more if I have extra, think I will go to 3/4th full of juice.  Wipe rims well and place lid that has been  simmered in hot water on top and tighten with a ring. Process in hot water bath for  15 minutes.

The recipe sounds good and figure it is a good one to have on hand for when you need to bring a quick dish some place or unexpected company come and you need to stretch the meal some.

I am going to be dehydrating black beans from a jar did not seal right and several veggies to make a black  bean soup in a jar mixes. This will serve as a quick meal as well as a good staple for the food storage. Think it would be a good camping food too but Papa Wolff does not like to bring the glass jars with. So we shall see on this one. Will need to get some oxygen absorbers too to put in the jars so they keep well. Want to make veggie beef soup in a jar as well.

Papa Wolff and I decided to do more soups this year to help us on weight loss. Not only can they be lower calorie but also are a high decency nutritional food.  I am looking at lots of recipes for making layered soups in a jar and playing with a few of my own. 

Guess it is time to get a few things done around here. Remember God is always with you but are you with him?