Sunday, October 27, 2024

Snapshots: From the Germy Trenches

This week's cascading illnesses of a cold plus a really nasty stomach bug going through the family have meant a lot of this:


A blanket nest on the floor with a vomit bowl.


Switchel jello. I have made so much jello this week.

But also this:


I spent most of Friday morning dealing with the entirely-too-numerous (and HUGE) carrots.


About 55 pounds pounds of them, actually, now mostly in the freezer, blanched, unblanched, and grated. Plus a couple of quarts of pickled carrots.

Also this week, I finally had my one BLT of the season.


So good.

And I stopped in at church to get some much-needed peace.


All is calm. 

There you have it! My life, snapshotted.

6 comments:

  1. That's quite a carrot! You're set for vitamin a this winter.
    So sorry you've dealt with so many germs this year- I hope the worst is over.

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  2. Did you consider the root cellar method? Of course, now you have them all prepped, so that is excellent foresight.

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  3. I see an orange Christmas in your future...

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  4. I baked Stella Park's yeasted pumpkin bread, recipe on the Serious Eats site. I used roasted butternut instead of the canned pumpkin puree and just added enough water to compensate for the texture. I'll bet cooked carrots would work too. It makes a nice moist, bright orange loaf, good for sandwiches. The vegetable flavor is almost invisible.

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  5. Your church looks like such a wonderful place of calm.

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  6. Mom makes sweetened carrots...good enough for dessert.

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