...I will can this weekend. I will!
Because I know a certain soldier, far away from home, who has specifically requested some blueberry jam, I will get my act together and make the jams that I have been putting off making. And then I'll drag my lazy butt to the post office and send those jars on an exotic journey. Hold me to it, people. Otherwise someone on the other side of the planet is going to be eating some dry mess hall toast, and that's just not cool.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Wine Time is Nigh
In spite of utter neglect on our part, our wines seem to have been doing just fine during their extended aging. The dandelion is good, very good according to Bill, who has both a sensitive palate and an iron stomach, and is therefore usually the first one to try anything home brewed.
At almost 5 months old, the dandelion was only just sampled and racked to age for another few months before being bottled. Oh the anticipation!
The grape wine (variety unknown) finally reached it's first birthday, and was therefore bottled and laid aside to age further.
Annnd in goes the cork!
The grape is one of my favorites so far, but Bill finds it kind of hum-drum. It is a dark rosé color and reminds me of a lower-shelf white merlot. It's nothing to write home about, but most grape wines aren't until they're at least 2 years old, according to what I've read. I can wait... I think.
Or not. Cheers!
At almost 5 months old, the dandelion was only just sampled and racked to age for another few months before being bottled. Oh the anticipation!
The grape wine (variety unknown) finally reached it's first birthday, and was therefore bottled and laid aside to age further.
The grape is one of my favorites so far, but Bill finds it kind of hum-drum. It is a dark rosé color and reminds me of a lower-shelf white merlot. It's nothing to write home about, but most grape wines aren't until they're at least 2 years old, according to what I've read. I can wait... I think.
Or not. Cheers!
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