Love the garlic puree idea - why didn’t I think of that?? So easy!!
The video has a comedic factor - pretty entertaining. :-)
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For Thanksgiving, I bought a 22 lb turkey on sale a while ago & it’s been hanging out in the freezer - looks like it will be the main dish for us - my SIL says she hasn’t seen a whole turkey in the stores yet.
On to Christmas .... so last year, I made home-made vanilla for Christmas gifts. I put the vanilla beans in 8 oz jars & added vodka, included a tag with a date on which it would be ready. THIS year, I have vanilla I made last year when I also started a 750 ml bottle - it’s nicely aged - smells wonderful. Three folks who did not get vanilla last year, will get a bottle this year & I’ll still have plenty left over for myself.
Another gift I’m making is “ghee”. I had to buy a ceramic coated sauce pan (white lining) so I could see the bottom & tell what was going on, but after making ghee for myself for a year, I’m pretty good at it. I don’t let mine get too dark/nutty at all. The stuff is surprisingly expensive to buy, the cost of a pound of unsalted butter to make. I’ll gift it in pint mason jars with a plastic screw on cap, so it’s easy to get into. The folks getting it are those I know will appreciate it (they fry eggs, saute veggies, etc.).
One of these years, I’m going to try some homemade liqueurs ... not this year, though. I have the old standby Jalapeno Pepper Jelly & Blackberry Merlot Wine jelly that certain folks ask for every year (last year, one of them even bought me the jars, which were hard to find!). Buying gifts, for me, is a thing of the past. The ‘empty shelves’ will not be an issue for me this Christmas. :-)
Jean-Pierre is a great guy. Lots of knowledge, and life lessons enough to be pretty easy-going about everything. I love him.
I’ve never made the vanilla extract, but I want to try.
did you all know that Costco sells vanilla beans?.....