Three loads of laundry washed, dried, folded.
Went to IGA expecting to pick up semi-defrosted and cut apart duck for Thanksgobble. No. It is coming in after the store closes today. Frozen. Sara the butcher said she could leave it out to thaw and she'd cut it apart (I want breasts off, legs off, but keep carcass and wings that I'll use for stock.) I'll have to go back tomorrow. Not happy. Will shove it in my freezer ear-marked for Christmas. Took some venison out to slow thaw for Thursday.
Needed brandy for fruitcake. Went to one local liquor store where they had either more expensive brandy or something labeled - I kid you not - Immature Brandy. It is apparently un-aged, with added essences/extracts. I think not. Went to second liquor store. Amiable manager, had the E&J brandy I can use. I said it was for fruitcake and he reached down a small bottle. "No," I said, "I bake a lot of fruitcake." He agreed I would need the larger bottle and fetched one down for me. Between what I had from last year and this bottle it has all been decanted in three jars. One each with dark raisins, yellow raisins, dried Zante "currants." Care to guess what I will be baking tomorrow?
Dishwasher now running. So nice to have assistance with washing clothes and dishes.
Went to IGA expecting to pick up semi-defrosted and cut apart duck for Thanksgobble. No. It is coming in after the store closes today. Frozen. Sara the butcher said she could leave it out to thaw and she'd cut it apart (I want breasts off, legs off, but keep carcass and wings that I'll use for stock.) I'll have to go back tomorrow. Not happy. Will shove it in my freezer ear-marked for Christmas. Took some venison out to slow thaw for Thursday.
Needed brandy for fruitcake. Went to one local liquor store where they had either more expensive brandy or something labeled - I kid you not - Immature Brandy. It is apparently un-aged, with added essences/extracts. I think not. Went to second liquor store. Amiable manager, had the E&J brandy I can use. I said it was for fruitcake and he reached down a small bottle. "No," I said, "I bake a lot of fruitcake." He agreed I would need the larger bottle and fetched one down for me. Between what I had from last year and this bottle it has all been decanted in three jars. One each with dark raisins, yellow raisins, dried Zante "currants." Care to guess what I will be baking tomorrow?
Dishwasher now running. So nice to have assistance with washing clothes and dishes.