Category Archives: Kitchen

Preparations and Recipes

Key Lime Marmalade

Garden, Kitchen, ,

Because I had a little over 1 pound 8 ounces of key limes from our tree in the back yard, I decided to make some key lime marmalade.

DSC08010  Key limes at various stages of development.   This is the first year that I saw yellow key limes on the tree and on the ground.  I thought they must be ripe, and a quick online check revealed that ripe key limes are indeed yellow.

So I found some online sources, and followed directions for what looked like the most efficient method, which did not involve peeling the white pith off of the limes.   DSC07994 I sliced them, food, processed them, and soaked them in the requisite amount of water overnight, and brought the lime slices and water to a boil, after which I added the proper amount of heated sugar.  and boiled some more.

DSC08002 Here is my recipe from food.com.

DSC08000   I oven sterilized the jars in a 220 degree Fahrenheit oven, and boiled the lids. because they were lined with a rubber-like material.

DSC07995 Sterilizing the jars.  I left them right side up.

DSC07998  I boiled the lids with their soft plastic or rubberized liners.

DSC08005  After the least straight forward part, putting the lids on the jars, here are some refrigerator marmalades.   All told, it took me about four plus hours to make five and a half small jars :

  • 1 hour  Prepare the fruit
  • 1 hour  Clean the jars
  • 1 hour  Tend the boiling and congealing fruit
  • 1 hour  Sterilize and fill the jars

 

Taking Dust Out Of the House

Cleaning, Kitchen

My friend came back from her trip, told me she unpacked, and that she had hired somebody to, “Take the dust out” of her house.  I always liked that concept.  It focuses me on a more limited, approachable task at hand.  For example, sweeping the kitchen floor becomes just taking the dust off of the kitchen floor.

DSC07547 But then, the dust on the island open shelving became more evident, and so I emptied it and cleaned everything on it.DSC07549 Put back, it looks better with no dust!

I like the idea of taking dust out of the house, even if the idea grows!

 

Kitchen Wear And Tear

Crochet, Kitchen, Maintenance, Tools, ,

DSC07486 These kitchen brushes have seen better days, and have been replaced.  Their new counterparts have slightly different properties from these, so these have remained in service.  The bottle brush has to go, though, because it made a rusty scratch on something I was cleaning.DSC07487 These nylon crocheted scrubbies,  the left one old, and the right, red one new, last for a long time, and are truly versatile.DSC07488  This crocheted dishcloth adds a bright spot, and will probably last about a year, as worked into my kitchen wash routine.

Maintenance is required  by way of replacement of these common kitchen tools.