Coffee anyone ?

[Ridgetop]

Our old house had an airtight door that separated the upstairs. AC upstairs, none downstairs. Ceilings were 9' though and we installed ceiling fans in all rooms. Canning was hard in the hea! I would often spend hours during the midnight hours doing it because otherwise it was just too hot to run the pressure canner, and water bath canner all day. Best part of canning was taking the finished product into the root cellar where it was nice and cool!

Makes you appreciate what our forebears went through. And they wore corsets and several layers of petticoats! I would open the windows as soon as the heat outside was less than inside, and in the am, close all windows and blinds as soon as the sun warmed up. The house was built in 1920 and we had insulation sprayed into the walls when we moved in. Stayed cooler than outside is all I can say, but I spent a lot of time in my bathing suit!

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

We went and picked up 8 new young bunnies! They are super sweet if not a bit nasty from their overnight in a crate. We picked them up Tuesday evening, didn't plan to have them until yesterday evening so the pen wasn't 100% ready. Had to put in the bottom wire so they didn't fall through, add the feeders and boxes. I'll have to add a ramp today so they can get up to the "bridge" we made between the two boxes.....

@Alaskan here is some homemade spaghetti I made.... Plenty to share! Snapped a pic before stirring in the fresh herbs from the garden and a spot of milk. I use milk and brown sugar to balance the acid from the tomatoes, less heartburn that way! Also have some homemade meatballs to throw in!

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Definitely a coffee kind of day. Coop to dig out, bunny baths to give, and the dog, some painting to do for a customer, still need to get my two broody hens better situated. They refuse to come off their eggs and to let me give them separate nesting boxes. They apparently like sharing the load....?

 

[Bruce]

Looks like your new bunnies could use a bit of grooming. Did they have a bath?

 

[RollingAcres]

Looks like your new bunnies could use a bit of grooming. Did they have a bath?

Haha I was just thinking the same that maybe they just had a bath and needed to be brush.

 

[promiseacres]

@MatthewsHomestead Fresh tomato sauce, looks yummy. Might have to try it again... never have used milk and brown sugar.
Bunnies are cute too.

 

[Ridgetop]

I always put brown sugar in any tomato dishes too. The brown sugar cuts the acid. Never tried milk though. A friend puts baking soda in her tomato sauce to cut the acid. I prefer the brown sugar. Looks yummy! Is that fresh basil on top?


Over 60 years ago an Italian neighbor gave my grandmother a recipe for meat tomato sauce. My family have been making it ever since. My sister and I were 5 and 6 and allowed to cross the street and walk the half a block to the neighbor, carrying a baby gift. First time I saw a newborn - so tiny! I was thrilled when I was allowed to sit on the couch while the new mommy sat with me so I could hold him. The mother gave me the recipe card to take home afterward! It must have meant a lot to a 6 year old because I can still remember it clear as day over 60 years later.

 

[RollingAcres]

I normally use sugar in my tomato sauce, never tried brown sugar.

It must have meant a lot to a 6 year old because I can still remember it clear as day over 60 years later.

It must have!

 

[RollingAcres]

While we are on the topic of tomato pasta sauce. Here's a question for everyone:
Do you use a little sauce for your pasta or do you drench it with sauce?

I like my pasta just lightly sauced. But if you serve me pasta that's drenched in sauce I'd eat it too. Not picky and I LOVE pasta so I don't say no to pasta.

 

[greybeard]

the more sauce...the better.