Kitchen Calamity

Okay , good , jumping dorsum to yesterday , you lot powerfulness already know that I was chomping at the fleck to instruct at about watermelon jelly that caught my canning eye. All was going along only fine. Since I had no persuasion how much watermelon it would lead keep to accumulate 6 cups of pureed juice , I purchased ane of the standard-sized seedless melons. I'm guessing it weight close xv lbs. And you lot know , fifty-fifty seedless melons lead keep seeds. The recipe said to take away the seeds earlier pureeing. I figured I could puree away as well as only strain the resulting juice to take away whatever seeds. It had the added produce goodness of straining out whatever large chunks of melon that escaped my nutrient processor blade of doom. Eventually , I had half-dozen cups of nicely pureed watermelon.

Less than one-half of the watermelon was used inwards this procedure , as well as hence I decided to puree about other 2 cups to brand about sorbet. We tin lead keep that along on our camping ground trip side yesteryear side week. It's sitting inwards the fridge ready for the H2O ice cream freezer every bit I'm writing this. Watermelon sorbet is delicious. In the early on days of blogging , I wrote a shipping close making sorbets from all dissimilar kinds of fruit. (I've linked to it dorsum there.) When you lot lead keep dinner guests , it's variety of fun to brand several dissimilar flavors as well as give them scoops of each. Their flavors are intense , as well as your guests tin sweat to approximate which season they are eating. Mango is particularly confusing. They instruct that it's something tropical , but they're difficult pressed to figure out what it is.

So , continuing on alongside the calamity inwards the kitchen , I chopped upwardly the ease of the melon (oh yeah , at that topographic point was more) to eat for breakfast for the side yesteryear side half-dozen months. Then , I decided to throw all the rinds out onto the compost pile as well as hence I loaded them into my largest bowl. While I was at it , I was going to toss a jounce of daikon radish pickles. They weren't every bit goodness every bit the kickoff fourth dimension I made them , as well as hence nobody was eating them. They're tasty , but very , really stinky. As I took the expensive Weck jounce out of the fridge , I bumped the door alongside my mitt as well as dropped it correct inwards front end of the fridge , breaking the jar. Then I panicked at the realization that all of that stinky pickle juice was only close to run nether the fridge. I grabbed the kickoff towel I saw as well as threw it on the whole mess to forestall Armakitchengeddon. (Phew. Saved.) Nevertheless , I all the same had a viscid mess total of drinking glass shards , as well as I was dealing alongside it all the land I was cooking the jelly.

During that procedure , I threw the straightaway moisture as well as really stinky towels into the washer as well as got that running. Absentmindedly , I noticed that the washer was starting to whine on its spin cycle. "I must inform the Resident Engineer of this evolution ," I told myself.  Unbeknownst to me , the washer was issuing its alert that a belt was burning up. It smelled every bit if something was burning , as well as I wondered how it could mayhap hold out the jelly when I was stirring it frequently.

About that fourth dimension , the washer signaled it was finished. When I looked within I institute the towels were all the same all sudsy alongside soap. I tried to run a rinse wheel , as well as that was when I figured out the washer belt had burned up. It filled the tub (conveniently) , as well as hence refused to agitate , spin , or (and this is the most of import part) drain the tub of water. I powerfulness add together that the Resident Engineer was inwards town during all of this , as well as hence he was to hold out of no assist until he returned abode as well as managed to laid upwardly the washer all inwards a unmarried afternoon. (Yay!)

Now , I lead keep a delineate of piece of occupation organization close all of this , as well as hither it is: Possibly I've seen likewise many Terminator movies , but I am growing suspicious of washing machines. I've heard of several abroad that lead keep also joined the Global Washing Machine Resistance Movement. (GWMRM) In fact , you lot powerfulness know that Samsung had to number a voluntary recall of its top-loaders late because of this problem:

The drums inwards these washers may lose balance , triggering excessive noise , resulting inwards the overstep separating from the washer. This tin plough over off when a high-speed spin wheel is used for bedding , water-resistant or bulky items as well as presents an injury adventure to consumers.

And a painting is worth a grand words.

So , anyway , I'm only sayin' expire along a unopen oculus on your washing machine. And I'm non hence for sure close the dryers either. Call the government if you lot must.

Heroically , if I produce say hence myself (and I do) , I managed to complete the jelly land simultaneously mopping the flooring 3 times to instruct the mess cleaned up.

Coincidentally , a prissy diversionary parcel arrived from my friend Karen , who sent me about stuff from her mother's collection. There was truthful cat stuff , embroidery hoops , yarn , embroidery floss , needles , crochet hooks...

as well as this bill of fare game , which gave me quite a chuckle.

"Being catty pays off!"

And , hi , I graduated junior high school. "Catty" is practically my middle name! This volition hold out fun for Mike as well as me land we're traveling inwards internet-free zones. So give thank you lot you , Karen. You are hence sweet. She fifty-fifty sorted all the floss yesteryear color!

So despite a rather harrowing solar daytime inwards the kitchen , I did care to instruct about sewing done. The minute corner has been rounded on the Wheel Estate quilt. It's a piddling to a greater extent than than halfway to the complete line.

Also , this week's Marvelous Mon Mini block is finished straightaway , as well as I'm officially all caught upwardly on these.

And I demand 8 to a greater extent than square-in-a-square blocks for the Welcome Home Mystery Quilt. I lead keep the pieces all cutting straightaway , as well as hence it should hold out curt go to instruct them all sewn together today.

As for my jelly , it has non laid up. I've been conversing on ane of the Facebook canning groups close the jelly , as well as I'm convinced I demand to ready it longer as well as add together a piddling to a greater extent than pectin. One mortal inwards item seems to know all close this as well as sent me about helpful images to cheque for doneness. I tried this "saucer test" using a dissimilar explanation. This ane describes it meliorate , as well as I'm fairly for sure I misinterpreted mine.

Also , these descriptions of spoon tests:

There are jars inwards the dishwasher correct straightaway , as well as every bit before long every bit they're finished , I'm going to instruct it boiling in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than , add together only a piddling to a greater extent than pectin as well as hence , "boil the hell out of it" every bit my Facebook practiced advises. That jelly volition laid upwardly or else! While I'm doing that , I tin instruct the sorbet into the H2O ice cream freezer. I'm feeling a piddling hot as well as mutual depression temperature close these tasks. Ha! (Did you lot come across what I did there?)

Aside from these kitchen tasks , I'm getting a haircut this afternoon. Nevertheless , I'm hoping to instruct about fourth dimension inwards the sewing room.