Cheese, Bread, Apple Pie and Sauerkraut and a One Eyed Kitten

10-16-2011 What a great and beautiful weekend her in the Carolinas, Friday night started out with making some of my Lemon Cheese. Easy to do, and I will post instrucions in the near future. Saturday started with making some whole wheat bread, one loaf of Italian Seasoning and one loaf of BBQ bread. While that was proofing, I got started on my next home made Apple Pie ( destined for my mother-in-law's house ) and.. while they where both cooking and proofing I tried something new. Thats right Homemade Sauerkraut. It was really easy to prepare. All I needed was on cabbage, pick up from Patterson Farms, 4 1/2 tsp pickling salt, 3 quart mason jars and some frsh filtered water. First I chopped up the cabbage and then used a potato masher to mash down the cabbage. The as I filled up the jar I would add a little salt. 1 1/2 tsp per mason jar, in a layering fashion, a little cabbage adn litle salt, a little more cabbage and more salt and so on until the jar was full to within one inch of the top (tightly packed) Then I added from frsh filtered water to cover the cabbage and put the lids on loosely. Thats all there was too it. Now I wait. I will taste some in about 2 weeks and ill let you all know how its coming. Once everything was done, I took it all outside for a photo shoot ;)

On Friday my wife also brought home a suprise! A 7-8 week old tabby siamese kitten.. with only one eye! Appearently someone dropped her off in th eparking lot of where my wife works. Shesi cleaning he up and we are going to see if we can find a good home for her (my daughter has named her Brightheart) She is the CUTEST thing! Full of curiousity and aside from her eye looks to be comepletly healthy.

Check out this video of Brightheart My wife an I also cleaned out our Garden shed and trimmed some trees and limbs from our property. All capped off with visit from our good friends the Watkin's for a nice chat in the yard ( enjoying the sunshine ) and very good Spaggetti Dinner! Until next time..... Cheers!!!