Thursday, August 23, 2018

Daily Notes- August 23

Enough sitting in the house reading or watching movies.  I sent out emails and now have two events on my calendar.  One in about 45 minutes.  To sit on a porch and talk.  Perfect.

The Peach Pie is cooling on the counter.  I didn't go for lattice on the top.  I wanted to but....the crust dough felt a bit too "flaky" meaning I had made it with a "light" hand.  But I did brush with cream and sprinkle with sugar crystals.  And--let's give me applause---I followed the recipes for filling and crust to the letter.  Which I can report---works much better than not following directions.

I think things would have been easier still, if I had weighed the cups of flour on my scale.  King Arthur seems to weigh heavy.  4 ounces per cup. I scooped.  The scale is the way to go.

Since the oven was already HOT, I shoved a tray of cherry tomatoes (sun gold) in to roast with a drizzle of olive oil.   I use them for a very pectin creamy pasta.  I like it--no one else does.  So I make it and pack it into a container and eat it when I want it. Because I am the only one cooking around here.

I still have that eggplant releasing water in the vestibule fridge. I will get it fried. After my porch visit.

The sun is shining and we're in the 70's. A nice day.  Riley finally ate his breakfast at 1pm and was finally allowed to go on his morning walk.  I think older dogs lose their taste for food.  Or they forget they have food.  But Riley sure can locate the neighbor's compost heap---she's a doctor and thinks hot dogs go into the compost.  Guess what happens after he eats them?


1 comment:

  1. Mmmm. Peach pie. You'd think I could get decent peaches in Georgia. Brought home some beauties the other day and noticed they were from New Jersey! Then, I left them on the kitchen table to soften up and overnight Something came in the cat door and gnawed two of the three. Grrrr.

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