Pickles for Mom, Pickles for You!
My mom’s financial and health situation right now is dire. She’s at risk for losing her home and she’s already lost her career as the result of being struck by a negligent driver at an intersection back in mid-April. She sustained a severe concussion, and as a result, traumatic brain injury presenting as dementia. Currently, [...]
Making Pickles, Part Next of (N)
The dills I made for Mike got to a point yesterday I deemed “finished.” They are salty and garlicky and pretty tasty, but not quite my thing. Three pounds of sliced cukes left me with exactly one half-gallon of finished product. The brine became a bit turbid in the 24 hours before I put it [...]
Making Pickles, Part 3 of (N)
The bread and butter pickles continue to be yummy, but will get more hotness next time around. The dills are well on their way to being… well, “dilled” I guess. They’re salty and garlicky and I hope Mike Neir will enjoy them. I have another 6 or so pounds of cucumbers just about ready to [...]
Making Pickles, Part 1 of (N)
In our last episode, we saw A Giant Pile of Cucumbers. All told, it yielded about six pounds of sliced cucumber – with another 2.5 pounds left untouched. I officially have 6 pounds of pickles in the works people. I also have a few cucumbers to give away. No promises on ripeness perfection, because, not [...]
Kombucha Brewing
Thus far, great success. The kombucha mother is dutifully cranking out three gallons of delicious, vaguely apple-cider-flavored beverage every week – and it’s awesome. Right out of the brewing vessel, it is quite mellow, a tiny, tiny bit sweet and a little tingly, but not fully-carbonated in a bubble right up on your tongue kind [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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