It's gonna be a tasty day here. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the photos I have to share, but as I'm writing, the hubs is injecting some pork shoulder roasts and rubbing them to put on the smoker. I'm planning a potato casserole and spinach salad to go with them. He's also gonna cold smoke some cheese on the grill. We visited some Amish groceries yesterday and he selected a caramelized onion monterey jack cheese, swiss, and mozzarella to put on the smoker. We also got some farmer's cheese.
Thursday afternoon I made 2 batches of caramels using 2 different recipes. The first was done in the microwave and took 6 minutes. The second was done on the stovetop and took over 30 minutes of constant stirring. Both are very good. I like the second one better. Then comes the cutting and wrapping. I tend to do battle with plastic wrap and waxed paper and come out defeated. I suddenly realized that I have some really awesome tools in my sewing room, so brought them down to the kitchen and sped the process up and made it easier.........less swearing!
I have also finished a couple of quilts. Both are baby quilts. The first is a quilt from the odd blocks I received in a white elephant show and steal at the Missouri Star retreat I attended. I know it was called White Elephant, but these were really pushing the envelope I thought. I had the blocks A-G and J from what I'm sure was supposed to be a complete alphabet. So, the J block was used to make this cute little bag for Jenna who loves pockets.
And the remaining blocks, A-G, the musical alphabet, were made into this baby quilt that I got to use a music panto on.
And speaking of a little girl named Jenna, she is going to have a baby brother in January. This will be his baby quilt.
Isn't this adorable! I think I may have to make more bunnies.
So all that candy making and quilting have been really tiring.............
Aren't naps just the sweetest thing?
Christi
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