Stella's Social Club

[Jake Levi]

That's the Super Broody, with one smart kitten that will be a welcome mouser in the hen house.

 

[The Sheriff]

Mary, that honestly looks good enough for me to eat. Does it have any nuts in it?

OH, you know it does Diva! Lots of pecans.

 

[The Sheriff]

Too funny muttsfan! We have rain, and lots of it! Didn't stop this unwanted visitor relaxing on my deck railing just now.



He changed his mind when I knocked on the laundry room window!

 

[1muttsfan]

Today my stove has been going non-stop, simmering the first of what hopefully will be lots of Maple sap. Since I have the fan running anyway, I made a batch of Agrodolce (balsamic pickled cipollini onions). They are cooked in a mixture of vinegars, sugar, peppercorns, and a bay leaf for about 20 minutes, then you can them in sterile glass jars and put them in a fridge for a few weeks. They are crunchy, sweet-sour, and reddish brown from the balsamic. The remaining pickling juice can be reduced down to a delicious drizzle, really nice mixed with oil for dressing.

 

[drumstick diva]

Mary, can Michael electrify just that top rail so when it comes to sit a spell, it will decide to leave and hopefully warn his friends.

 

[The Sheriff]

Today my stove has been going non-stop, simmering the first of what hopefully will be lots of Maple sap.  Since I have the fan running anyway, I made a batch of Agrodolce (balsamic pickled cipollini onions).  They are cooked in a mixture of vinegars, sugar, peppercorns, and a bay leaf for about 20 minutes, then you can them in sterile glass jars and put them in a fridge for a few weeks.  They are crunchy, sweet-sour, and reddish brown from the balsamic.  The remaining pickling juice can be reduced down to a delicious drizzle, really nice mixed with oil for dressing.

Everything sounds good! Does maple sap=maple syrup?

 

[1muttsfan]

Yes the sap is just starting to run. Last year I ended up with 4 pints. This year I tapped 9 trees instead of 6, but you never know how much sap you will get. Temps in the mid to upper 30s and sunshine during the day, and below freezing at night are ideal, but it is supposed to stay above freezing for a few days.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I saw a show on making syrup, it takes lots and lots of sap to get a little bit of syrup. It looks like a lot of boiling. I bet your house smells good though!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

pretty Hawk Mary though I'm glad there was no chickens in its talons.
Im waking up to snow and its coming down hard. only 1/2" here or so. looks like a lot a few hundred feet higher in elevation

 

[Happy Chooks]

pretty Hawk Mary though I'm glad there was no chickens in its talons.
Im waking up to snow and its coming down hard. only 1/2" here or so. looks like a lot a few hundred feet higher in elevation

It sure looked like a lot on the news last night. They said they were expecting 3-5 feet at the summit.