New food blog
Sometimes I find a new recipe that I make that is really good and I just wish I could give everyone a taste. I started a new blog which is kind of a way to do that.
Click on the Katrina’s Kitchen tab to see what food we’ve been enjoying lately.
Fair week
Last week we attended the Bloomsburg Fair quite a few times, which was one place we missed a lot while we were in Russia. It’s filled with lots of different things… yummy fair food, games, rides, food, buildings filled with different exhibits, animals, and more food. Here are some pictures from the week.
Met up with my best friend from high school
Canning
I’m a bit behind in pictures these days. These pictures are from all the canning we did at my mom’s house. Every year my brother and sister-in-law come up to make applesauce, so they make theirs and my moms at the same time. A few weeks later I helped mom make her chili sauce and pickles too. It is a lot of work to can, but it yields some great results that can be enjoyed all year long. It really makes me want to can when we move back to Russia.
So begins the applesauce canning with lots of helpers…
So after the washing and cutting, they get boiled down
Then it gets run through the kitchen aid which strains out the skins
Next it gets sugared and poured into jars
Then into the canner to seal the lids
Delicious finished product
Now on to the chili sauce…
Cutting
And more cutting
boiling and boiling
Then into the jars they go and that’s about it.
And lastly pickles (which is also the name of their cat, but I’m pretty sure he’s still living)…
I put Violet to work on these
They get cut and put into jars, then my mom put some spices over top and made a brine and poured that over top. Then off to the canner. It takes a long time to get everything done, but the end product is always so enjoyable.
Five in Florida 