On Wed 07 Sep 2005 03:03:47p, ~patches~ wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> I'm in the mood to catch up from not being able to cook much for a week
> and a half so today I set about preserving and cooking.
>
> Last night: I canned up 9 pints of roasted tomato sauce and made a
> really rich beef stock.
>
> Today: I canned up the beef stock - 8 pints. I prefer it canned to
> frozen as it is ready to use. While the stock was processing, I put a
> whole chicken on the grill for roasting. Since the grill was on, I
> decided to add a nice pot of baked beans that will be canned in about an
> hour or so. Once the beans were going, I decided to can up the green
> beans and okra. At four jars total it was hardly worth running the
> canner but okra is so hard to come by here and the beans are still going
> full tilt. I swear next year I'm going to try growing okra! While
> waiting for the pressure canner to depressurize, I started the 3 huge
> heads of cauliflower for freezing.
>
> Tonight: I'm finishing up the cauliflower then doing up 4 lg heads of
> broccoli for freezing. I'll can up the baked beans. I'll make some
> gravy from the chicken drippings. I'm thinking of doing a batch of hot
> sauce from the BBB since I have an abundance of hot peppers and a good
> basket full of tomatoes to use up. We'll see as I'll be running out of
> steam pretty soon

ACK! You made me so tired! :-)

> Dinner: DH is away so I'm going to have some of the roasted chicken,
> cauliflower with cheese sauce and perhaps beans or maybe even a potato.

That sounds good!

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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