Pleasant surprises
Jul. 15th, 2025 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartYeah, we do have them sometimes, too. And this time more than one. So, let's have a list.
1) Remember when I whined about my spicy apple jam turning into gum drops? Well, last night I decided to open the jars, carve out little balls of the stuff (with a kitchen utensil used to carve out melon balls) and sell them as actual gum drops on the fair. Well, after opening the first jar, I discovered that the jam didn't actually turn into gum drops. It is a bit thick and jelly-like, but it can still be used for pancakes and the likes. So I decided not to open the remaining jars, and the one opened will be used up for Topfenknödel or whatnot.
2) I actually managed to finish all four cherry pit pillows, and there were enough cherry pits for all four - well, barely, but still. So I didn't butcher the bigger old one just yet. We'll see if I'll feel up to sew more pillows or not, but four will be enough, too, considering how much other stuff I'm making.
3) Today I gave the so-called Turkish honey a try. It's an abysmally sweet treat, consisting of, well, honey, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. That's it. I saw it on the GGBO, and it looked so funny, so I wanted to make some for the fair. I found a very easy recipe - and in Hungarian, too! - so I thought I need to see first if it works at all. Well, it did. I made a few mistakes, but I know what those mistakes were, and I'm fairly optimistic that I'll be able to make the real thing in the right manner, eventually.
4) As my brain cells managed to solidify again, I gave my problem chapter a close eyeball and realized, to my eternal relief, that it's only one short paragraph that I'll have to throw away, after all. The rest needs some adjusting, true, but in the end I'll be able to use those parts. That was the best news of the day!
The hoped-for drop of temperatures hasn't really happened - not drastically, at least. We still had 31°C in the afternoon. Apparently, it won't climb above 24°C tomorrow morning, so I might take Mum out for a walk. *fingers crossed*
1) Remember when I whined about my spicy apple jam turning into gum drops? Well, last night I decided to open the jars, carve out little balls of the stuff (with a kitchen utensil used to carve out melon balls) and sell them as actual gum drops on the fair. Well, after opening the first jar, I discovered that the jam didn't actually turn into gum drops. It is a bit thick and jelly-like, but it can still be used for pancakes and the likes. So I decided not to open the remaining jars, and the one opened will be used up for Topfenknödel or whatnot.
2) I actually managed to finish all four cherry pit pillows, and there were enough cherry pits for all four - well, barely, but still. So I didn't butcher the bigger old one just yet. We'll see if I'll feel up to sew more pillows or not, but four will be enough, too, considering how much other stuff I'm making.
3) Today I gave the so-called Turkish honey a try. It's an abysmally sweet treat, consisting of, well, honey, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. That's it. I saw it on the GGBO, and it looked so funny, so I wanted to make some for the fair. I found a very easy recipe - and in Hungarian, too! - so I thought I need to see first if it works at all. Well, it did. I made a few mistakes, but I know what those mistakes were, and I'm fairly optimistic that I'll be able to make the real thing in the right manner, eventually.
4) As my brain cells managed to solidify again, I gave my problem chapter a close eyeball and realized, to my eternal relief, that it's only one short paragraph that I'll have to throw away, after all. The rest needs some adjusting, true, but in the end I'll be able to use those parts. That was the best news of the day!
The hoped-for drop of temperatures hasn't really happened - not drastically, at least. We still had 31°C in the afternoon. Apparently, it won't climb above 24°C tomorrow morning, so I might take Mum out for a walk. *fingers crossed*
