Archive for June, 2012
28 Jun
You Make Your Own Food? Mozzarella time!
Made some mozzarella cheese for homemade pizza tonight.
The ball. I probably could have stretched it a little longer, but it was good still.
It sliced nicely.
Ready for pizza!
I reheated the whey with some vinegar and have poured it through a colander lined with paper towels for a little ricotta. Some of the whey went into the dough. The rest will be used in smoothies and whatever other cooking we can find for it.
27 Jun
You Grow Your Own Food? Harvest 6-27-12-The squashes are coming! The squashes are coming!
A lot more of these coming in the next week or so.
24 Jun
You Grow Your Own Food? Garden Tour 6-24-12
Basil
Tomatoes and Potatoes
Tomatoes are flowering
Potatoes are flowering
Volunteer turnip growing well
Cucumbers are really small but blossoming. I hope I get enough to pickle some.
Looks like this year will be a good one for summer squashes, lots of blossoms and squashes forming.
Lots of Amaranth blossoming
Scallop squash
Volunteer potatoes
Baby squashes everywhere
Beans
Wildflower beds
HOPS!
23 Jun
You Grow Your Own Food? Harvest 6-23-12
Today’s bounty
Basil that went into the dehydrator for drying
This kohlrabi was a straggler from my winter experiment. One of the best kohlrabi’s I’ve gotten from my garden. Going to try the leaves on this one.
First summer squash of the year! And more peas.
More lettuce.
This spinach looked like breakfast…so I chopped it up into some eggs this morning!
This kale leaf went from happily growing to being whirred around in my blender this morning for a smoothie!
22 Jun
NED year 2!
Today marks my second year of No Evidence of Disease. Three more and I will be officially Cancer Free! So of course that means time to sample the Russian Imperial Stout I am aging for 5 years.
Fancy Grolsch bottles with wax for extra aging protection
Beautiful beer!
Notes:
Appearance: 2 finger head subsided to 1 finger off white mostly medium bubbles. Pitch black, no sediment visible in pour all the way to the bottom of the bottle.
Aroma: Chocolate, coffee, ashy.
Taste: big smooth chocolate up front with a hint of coffee, the chocolate turns to dark chocolate at the end, and a burnt flavor at the end, not overpowering
Mouthfeel: Thick and chewy, not a big carbonation bite but a bit there.
Drinkability: Single beer only, will blow your taste buds out with big flavors. Not to say it is harsh, it is very smooth, just a very complex beer with bold flavors that would wreck a pale ale drunk afterwards. Drink this beer as a relaxing sipper.
Overall: I wouldd pay for this at a bar and be happy with my purchase. It is hard to believe i brewed this one, it is so commercial like. I really want to chill another bottle to drink, but no, you must last another 3 years for a big celebration.
Aging: The flavors are really melting together well. No sign of oxygenation. The flavors are smoother than last year. No issues yet. See you next year RIS.
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If you have a family history, get screened 10 years younger than the youngest case of colon cancer in your family. I was 38 when diagnosed. Had I waited I could easily have been a sad cancer story instead of a survivor. Lynch is just one of several genetic cancer diseases and it isn’t just colon cancer, that is just the biggest one.
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