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Progress

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I turned to @aelerelean the other day and said “I really need to order these jars for the jellies.” I ordered them 45 minutes ago. I thought “awesome, I’m ahead of schedule!” I search my email for last year’s order: 11/10/2008. Ugh. Just barely ahead. Barely.

Accomplishments:

  • 1 batch of caramels
  • fruitcake #1 tested well
  • Guinea pigs did not die/go blind

It has begun…

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Made:

  • Bailey’s flavored marshmallows
  • Test fruitcakes using a modified Alton Brown recipe (not very altered)
  • Multiple vodka infusions (started 8/26)
  • 1 gin infusion (started 8/26)
  • 1 brandy infusion (started 8/26)
  • 1 Old Crow infusion (started 8/26)
  • 3 jars of pickles made from cucumbers from the farmer’s market (damn fine cukes, too)

To do:

  • Decant/filter/sweeten infusions
  • Test fruitcake recipe #2
  • Test flavored marshmallows
  • Order containers
  • Make jellies
  • Make cards
  • Make caramels
  • Have guinea pigs sample test products
  • Ensure guinea pigs don’t die/go blind
  • Clean
  • Shop
  • Panic

CRAP!

That Time Again

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Holy crap, it’s the middle of October. Christmas is in *counts* 10 WEEKS! Crap, crap, crap,crap, crap,crap,crap,crap,crap,crap,crap, crap,crap.

Things to make this year:

  1. Jams/jellies: I am hoping to make double than last year. Last year was 3 dozen jars. And I ran out.
  2. Marshmallows
  3. Cards
  4. Pickles
  5. Fruit cake: not a ton. Just one or two.
  6. Candy: I am conflicted on this. It never seems to go well.
  7. Infused liquors: I started some at the end of August. No guarantee that they won’t suck.

Oh man, I need to start NOW!

HAH!

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I ain’t made shit in MONTHS. Yet I still buy stamps, inks and other doodads. In fact, I just bought a pack of Christmassy brads. I haven’t used a brad on a card in AGES. See? You didn’t even know I made cards! Just the dominoes. Oh and I made a metric ton of those. Where are they? I gave them away and trashed the ones I didn’t like at all. I might, at some point, perhaps probably thinl of posting some of the older cards I have made and might, quite possibly, in the future, perhaps somehow think of posting any cards that I may or may not make.

Yeah.