Good Food

Only good food can make for good conversation.  This weekend was a great food weekend, despite a few flubs here and there.  If you don't believe me, check out Andy's blog, he won't hesitate to blog about the messes made in his kitchen.  Anyway, back to the amazing food. 

Friday night: We went over to a friend's house for homemade pizza and their own home-brewed hard cider. It actually sounds like a pretty easy process, and my friend was more than happy to show me what they had done. I am beginning to think we may have to make use of that apple tree out front next summer.

 Saturday: We ate really good winter pumpkin soup.  You'll have to read Andy's blog if you want to know about the extreme mess that was made in the kitchen, he does a much better job of telling the story.  Then came tonight; Little Man and I made strawberry jam. When I had turned my back on the pot for a few minutes, I heard Little Man ask Andy why there was steam coming out of the pot.  It was not steam, it was smoke from where the jam was boiling onto the burner.  Oh well, we ended up with strawberry syrup instead of jam (in the event that you have never made jam, it is an exact science, you have to boil it for just the right amount of time, to get it to gel just right; if you take it off the smoking burner before its time is up, you end up with syrup instead of jam).  Looks like we will be having pancakes sometime this week. 

Workout for the day was supposed to be a 2 mile tempo run, it ended up being 2 miles all out.  I had to force myself cool down when it was all over.