A day of bliss in the kitchen!
With four kids scurrying about, I was a regular whirling dervish in the heart of my home. Karen Solomon inspired me with her book, Jam It, Pickle It, Can It, so I decided to dive in. She talks about how much better all of our staple kitchen supplies are when we make them at home, and then shares recipes that are relatively easy.
I started with homemade mustard…it was really quick to whip together and now has to sit and cure for three weeks. Then I moved on to ketchup – lots of spices, but easy and ready to go now! I also rendered pork fat to create my own lard for cooking. I might have missed a step on that one, so we’ll see how it turns out. There is supposedly nothing better than cooking with your own lard for pie crusts, vegetables, even a bit added into burgers! Next up was dilled green beans. I am very excited about these! They have to sit and cure for three days. They look so pretty in the jar! I finished up the jam session in the kitchen with another batch of laundry detergent.
BB felt the lack of attention at all my productivity and was pretty ornery – but I could have prevented that and his day ended well.
It is so terribly satisfying to create such simple things…Mama says she heard somewhere that every little thing you do in your home is saying a prayer of sorts. I like that.
Today I hope to hire a nanny and make some shower gel…after ZUMBA of course!
Peace out!