Since I had so many currants, I tried making a couple flavored liqueurs. Mixed success ( Read more... )

I recently saw a production of Dollhouse by Rebecca Gilman at the Guthrie. This is adapted from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. The story of Nora and Torvald in the late 19th century becomes the story of Nora and Terry in the early 21st century (post Enron et al, pre-mortgage crisis ( Read more... )

After an afternoon nap and tasty dinner, I picked two pints of black raspberries and a pound of red currants ( Read more... )

I grew up knowing what Sisu means (it's a Finnish thing) and that I can't translate it well. But Wikipedia's cross reference both fits and never really occurred to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu#See_also

I'd briefly toyed with the idea of heading north for the Wadena Deer Creek High School reunion this weekend. If I didn't like the scene, I figured I could just head to the family cabin a few miles away. Plans changed ( Read more... )

So, we're nearing the end of spring, in my garden this means that I will soon have too many red currants. (Followed closely by the long awaited black raspberry season ( Read more... )

Any thoughts on what to do with over a quart of tangerine syrup (with slivers of rind?)

2 lbs mini-tangerines, a meyer lemon, a lime and a regular lemon plus water and sugar made 4 quarts of marmalade. (That's a lot, most jam recipes I make result in a couple quarts.) I had a friend over to help, so she got half the results ( Read more... )

One of the things I picked up from reading Citadels was "read everything since your last visit before posting" and so, whenever I fall behind (325+ messages this time), I don't post.

Took me days to catch up.

Coming home from tai chi class, I heard an article on MPR - The World about Sweden/Norway rivalry during the winter games. (Norway has more Winter medals than any other country ( Read more... )