[Mike Nolan]

Diane made the cranberry sauces and the relish tray, but I did popovers, turkey, dressing, potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole and Brussels sprouts.

I'm not a big fan of cranberry sauce, but I suggested she add some apple, so she wound up making two batches of cranberry sauce, the usual one (cranberries, sugar, orange juice and slivered almonds) and another with diced Winesap apple as well. She also added a little cinnamon to them.

The cranberry-apple sauce was pretty good on popovers, but I thought the apple butter I made a few weeks ago was better.

[Mike Nolan]

I hate pumpkin pie but I really do like sweet potato pie. I also made some fresh whipped cream to go with it. Diane had some of the cherry pie.

[Mike Nolan]

I also made a cherry pie last night. If it looks a bit 'loose', that's because it was baked in my non-stick metal pan then transferred to the glass one for cutting and serving, since I don't want the non-stick metal pan scratched. The glass pan is apparently just a bit wider.

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I hard boiled some eggs for use tomorrow, and Diane had two of them for supper. I had a salad with tuna and egg.

[Mike Nolan]

I made a sweet potato pie today, and will make a cherry pie either later tonight or tomorrow, depending on when the cherries are defrosted enough.

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We had more of the chicken and rice plus a salad.

[Mike Nolan]

I will be making pie crusts tonight so I can make pies tomorrow.

[Mike Nolan]

I've been told proofing IDY with just a pinch of sugar or flour improves performance. Haven't tried it.

[Mike Nolan]

I bought a bag of cranberries, Diane will make something with them, but I won't eat it, I dislike cranberry sauce. I do like craisins and I've had some cranberry breads that were OK.

Our granddaughter is apparently a cranberry fan, though, her dad has already made two batches of cranberry sauce in the last two weeks.

[Mike Nolan]

I don't care if its trendy or not, I just think it tastes terrible. I know there are people for whom cilantro tastes like soap (my wife is one of them), but as far as I know that's not an issue with kale, we just haven't found any way to make it palatable to us. We had a farm share for a couple of years, some weeks half the box was kale.

[Mike Nolan]

Almost anything would have to improve kale. 🙂

[Mike Nolan]

I made peanut butter cookies tonight.

[Mike Nolan]

We had tomato soup and fried cheese sandwiches today. Tomorrow I think I'm making chicken, rice and mushroom casserole.

[Mike Nolan]

Not much, as I recall, though it may have been used for things in the kitchen. Farm wives don't let much go to waste.

The unfrozen part of the hard cider is often called applejack. Depending on how cold it gets, it can be anywhere from about 50 to 80 proof, though I've been told that if it hits 20 below the applejack can get to about 120 proof.

[Mike Nolan]

What they used to do with hard cider when I was young was leave it in jugs outside, wait until the temperatures dropped below freezing and drain off the unfrozen liquid in the bottom of the jug. Wicked stuff!

https://www.ciderculture.com/5-hard-cider-recipes-get-you-through-end-winter/

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