In spite of what appears to be slacking off on my part, I am determined to keep up with the blog for the rest of the year. That being said, I can't make any promises...Just sayin'.
Last weekend, John, with our friend and neighbor, John P, decided to make homemade sausage. John P has done it in the past so he had all the hardware to do it. All we needed to do was provide our own meat to start off with. I think my John said he took over an 8 pound pound pork shoulder roast. They ground it up, mixed in spices, and stuffed the meat into casings. We ended up with about 10 pounds of sweet Italian sausage. We put them into packages of 4 sausages and vacuum-packed them and they are now residing in the freezer.
We ended up with 35 sausages.
I've been busy this past week. The embroidery machine has been 'smokin''! I love doing gifts for folks. These are mug rugs - used as oversized coasters when one has a mug of coffee or hot chocolate or tea and a cookie!
Two of these are meant as gifts for friends...the other 2 are not meant for anyone in particular. I'm working on some more felt Christmas stockings for gifts...need to get them completed and mailed before the holidays....I just might make it!
We had our first freeze of the season the other night. John had secured all the waterers for the garden and there was nothing left of any produce to freeze. A good thing he did, too. Wicked cold it was on Friday! He took down the electric fencing around the garden and now the deer can have their way with what's left. Once everything turns brown, he will trim back all the asparagus shoots and wait for next spring.
He had picked all the peppers that were left and is preparing them for freezing today. We will put them in vacuum packaging and freeze them for later use in soups, casseroles, etc. Thank goodness we have 3 freezers - one of them I call the coffin freezer cause it's big enough to freeze a body! And with Pigg and Pua going to freezer camp week after next, we will need to plug in the 3rd freezer and get it ready to hold them once they come home from camp.
I've seen several 'memes' online recently that resonate with me. Please take no offense, they are meant to encourage or remind.
And this one is for anyone who has a crafter, artist, creative person in their lives.
Well, folks, thanks for stopping by! Until next time.
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