Romanced by tomatoes
Squeeze took Friday off, so I had a full three days to focus on food preservation.
This list blows my mind:
- 7 quarts applesauce
- 1 apple leather
- 4 pints, 8 jelly jars melon preserves
- 2 tomato paste leathers
- 6.5 pints BBQ sauce
- 1.5 jelly jars crab apple jelly
- 8 quarts tomato puree
- 8 quarts sauerkraut
But I did do it, all of it. The apple leather came from a quart of applesauce that didn't seal. The one-point-five jelly jars of crab apple jelly is just outrageous; the amount of work that went into those tiny little jars is off the charts. But goodness . . . is it beautiful (and delicious). The tomato puree turned out to be a lovely orange from the combination of yellow and red-pink tomatoes.
Diego is obsessed with "chesst" again, so Squeeze spent much of his weekend playing one game of chess after another. He was also able to get various tasks around the house done and took 95% of the responsibility for the little guys. Aside from breakfast each day, he made the food, wiped the butts, changed the diapers, broke up the fights, wiped the hands, etc. They went on a melon hunt Sunday and made an excursion to the rock pile that left the place so quiet I wondered if they had been abducted by aliens.
All this allowed me time to focus on the strategy of what needed tending first and the resulting sequence of events. Honestly, I am in such a groove this season that it wasn't a taxing experience at all. I had on my "game face" and was still going strong at 10:00 PM on Sunday night (though I was definitely tired this morning). Jamie had a tummy ache and needed me particularly on Friday and Saturday, so I did take a number of deep-nuzzle snuggle breaks to refill his tank (which I loved).
Up next weekend: tomatillo salsa and apple products galore.
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