Our heater died two weeks before Christmas. Our water heater died one week before Christmas. Everybody on my list got food baskets because we couldn’t afford much else. I made spiced apple brandy jelly, cranberry bourbon jelly, candied citrus slices, wine salt, and an old Warcraft friend saved my butt with an easy cookie recipe. Got it all finished and packed 2 hours before we were due for family Christmas, and now I’m not cooking SQUAT for a week or so.
much
maybe
except I picked up some smoked butter that would be realllllly tasty with shrimp or flounder or even roasted chicken and I’m sure I could think of all sorts of good stuff to do with it. HELP ME I’M AN ADDICT.
LOL me too!
I have times when I’ve decided I need to do something besides the fact. So I plan on all these other projects, just eating sandwiches or something. But I always end up back in the kitchen!
What would our anonymous group be called? Chefs anonymous? Cooks anonymous?
So sorry; I hope your heat is up and running again.
Food Baskets are among my favorite things to give and receive; somehow it seems like such a special treat to have something you might not ordinarily buy and eat.
What is ‘wine salt’?
Sounds to me you are super women on steroids and you did a fab job!!! Just reading your post just made me tired.
Smoked butter...i.e. Dark brown butter, GREAT EATS. Throw in lemon, a tad of Worcestershire and a bunch of capers, some dill, add it to baked fish. Can’t go wrong.