Wandering Adventure Party

While I do ship it to people, the entire first batch is accounted for unfortunately! XD So good luck making your own! It really makes the house smell amazing!

I let it go for most of a day, at least 8 hours. Buuut I prefer the slow method. I plan around my lack of energy by starting the process, taking a nap while it cooks down, then can it later, usually at night so the steam filled kitchen doesn’t melt me as much!

Well, the start of apple butter! 7ish lbs of apples, 1/2 cup of sugar and brown sugar, couple teaspoons of cinnamon, tablespoon of vanilla, dash of salt, and a bit of nutmeg. Once cooked down and pureed, I’ll can it!

Its why I’ll can in the middle of the night, it’s cooler!

Canning is also fun. Physically annoying but fun!

Also sometimes sticky, depending on what’s being canned lol

Indeedy they do! They’re pricey though so I don’t order from them often. Mother will probably get me a gift card to them for the holidays so it’s just a matter of time!

So amazing! Apparently there’s a lady at the grocery store that will literally buy out the entire stock when it comes in sometimes.

That lady is not me, because I’m a sad lady when it happens and I can’t buy any lol

I like chili. It’s such a nice filling meal, specially with cornbread!

Looks very pretty!

I like eating the candied jalapeños. They also smell fine once canned.

Cooking them is bad as it’s vinegar, more vinegar, a lot of vinegar, and hot vinegar and turmeric and jalapeños makes the kitchen feel deadly lmao.

The bestest! Love that stuff!

We had to go through my great grandmothers hand written recipes and add measurements because of things like this, all the way back in the 90s it was an issue. A can of cherries was several ounces larger than it was then, and I guess even worse now.

She also liked to do a lot of “Add flour until it’s sticky” so we just added “Start with x amount of cups of flour then add more as needed”

I’d cry if I had to tower of hanoi every time I started up my stand mixer!

You pick a soup base, sometimes as a group or like here, everyone has their own little pot. Then you start requesting the various meats, veggies, etc to put in the soup base. Those plates of meat etc are brought to the table. You then stir those into the soup base then eat when done. There was also a serve yourself dipping bar so you could make dips to put onto the meat, also where the desserts were. It’s fun! It was all you can eat so just keep ordering the plates. Had to finish them though, or like a buffet you get charged for waste.

It was really fun and tasty! I’ll have to go again and try the bbq though!

First time at a hot pot restaurant. The one here finally opened after delays we thought doomed it. No photos of the pot, because once it arrived we started eating! Some photos of some of the plates though!

I pronounce it the eastern usa way because that’s where I’m from!

It’s delicious!

Ooo love me some instant mashed potatoes! Such a comfort for me!