The Front Porch Swing

[LindaB220]

Here is the site - http://growitcookitcanit.com/2011/03/17/stout-beer-jelly/

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 2 12 ounce bottles of stout beer (I used Guinness)
• 1 package powdered Sure-Jell pectin (I’m usually a pectin snob, but you know what? We’re making beer jelly here. So screw it).
• 3 1/2 cups sugar

1. Bring canner to a boil. Wash jars and lids. Put lids in a bowl and cover with boiling water with the canner.
2. In a large, non-reactive pot, bring the beer and powdered pectin to a rolling boil. It will be very frothy, that’s normal. Stir in sugar and bring back to a rolling boil. Cook on high heat for two full minutes.
3. Pour hot jelly into jars. It will still be very frothy. I decided to leave a thick layer of foam on top of the jellies to imitate the way dark beer looks in a glass, but you could certainly skim it off with a spoon if you like. I only wanted a little froth on top, so I ladled the jelly into jars and led the air bubbles rise to the top for a few minutes before I screwed the lids on. Wipe rims clean, screw on lids, and process half pint jars for 5 minutes.
4. Crack open another beer, toast some pumpernickel or rye bread, spread on some cream cheese and your new beer jelly, and eat up!

What a fabulous recipe. Am saving it, but I may not be able to make it. Cream cheese, pumpernickel and beer , yum

 

[Alice28]

Onions, beer and cheese. That's about all a person needs. And chocolate, but not at the same time.

Lol! True

 

[LindaB220]

Okay, folks, time to bump it up. Where is everybody? I've got great news and wanted to tell you about it. Today I sold 27 of my excess birds. I only kept 10. My five stunning White Plymouth Rocks, 2 Sapphire blue egg layers and two Barred Rocks and one Coronation Sussex. All my hatchery birds are gone. All 10 of my scrawny roosters are gone. I made money and freed up two coops for breeding next year. I'm so relieved to not have to bust my chops all winter on a bunch of birds. BUT I have to buy eggs for a couple of months until they start laying.

I do have Swedish Flower Hens in the incubator but I don't count on them until I see them running.

 

[perchie.girl]

Okay, folks, time to bump it up. Where is everybody? I've got great news and wanted to tell you about it. Today I sold 27 of my excess birds. I only kept 10. My five stunning White Plymouth Rocks, 2 Sapphire blue egg layers and two Barred Rocks and one Coronation Sussex. All my hatchery birds are gone. All 10 of my scrawny roosters are gone. I made money and freed up two coops for breeding next year. I'm so relieved to not have to bust my chops all winter on a bunch of birds. BUT I have to buy eggs for a couple of months until they start laying.

I do have Swedish Flower Hens in the incubator but I don't count on them until I see them running.

Awesome.... Good time to lighten the load.

deb

 

[wyoDreamer]

Congrats on thinning the herd before winter!
Sorry to hear about the store bought eggs though...

 

[tntchix]

What is a Sapphire blue?

Can't you find someone with chickens to get eggs from? I sure wouldn't want to go back to store bought now that I have my own. just saying.

 

[Alice28]

Yay in unloading excess chickens! Congrats

 

[Blooie]

Been a wonderful weekend. Oldest granddaughter, Little Diane, was married back in South Dakota, and youngest granddaughter, Kendra, was the flower girl. What a beautiful day!


Kendra "flower-girling" with Dustin's little brother Ethan as her escort.


Little Diane's dad and Grampa walking her down the aisle. She wanted it like this because we raised her.


First time being introduced as Mr. and Mrs.


Lovely bride, wasn't she? I barely recognized this princess as the gangly little girl who always had skinned knees and a smudged face.


Now THIS is the Little Diane I know! That girl would turn inside out for tortilla chips!


Little Diane took Kendra out of her wheelchair and out onto the dance floor. It was such a special moment!


And toward the end of the night she plopped her hiney down on the floor and took those shoes OFF!

 

[Alice28]

Been a wonderful weekend. Oldest granddaughter, Little Diane, was married back in South Dakota, and youngest granddaughter, Kendra, was the flower girl. What a beautiful day! Kendra "flower-girling" with Dustin's little brother Ethan as her escort. Little Diane's dad and Grampa walking her down the aisle. She wanted it like this because we raised her. First time being introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Lovely bride, wasn't she? I barely recognized this princess as the gangly little girl who always had skinned knees and a smudged face. Now THIS is the Little Diane I know! That girl would turn inside out for tortilla chips! Little Diane took Kendra out of her wheelchair and out onto the dance floor. It was such a special moment! And toward the end of the night she plopped her hiney down on the floor and took those shoes OFF!

Beautiful pictures! Looks like it was an amazing wedding and lots of fun for everyone. Kendra and Littke Diane both look very happy.

 

[LindaB220]

What is a Sapphire blue?

Can't you find someone with chickens to get eggs from? I sure wouldn't want to go back to store bought now that I have my own. just saying.

@DMRippy sells them on her thread. It's a cross of Crested Cream Legbar cockerel and a white leghorn. Light Blue not green. I have had the best hatch rate with her shipping than anybodies. They come in barred, spash type and white. By splash I mean black spots on white. Good birds. Yes, I have a fellow that is building me a coop this Sunday and he is bringing me 3 doz @ $2. Not bad.