Today

OK, who else is busy up to their eyeballs right now?

Today on top of normal laundry, feed the family, dole out medications, on and on, I have jalapenos drying in the dehydrator (they smell WONDERFUL) and we're baking double batches of cookies and canning more venison.  I still have to slice up a bunch of venison so it can marinade to be come jerky and I'm waiting for a conference call to come in, which will probably ensure at least one batch of forgotten and burned cookies.  lol.

I need to go pull the few onions that are left outside, too.

Can you believe that hubby got a doe this weekend, biggest doe this year and we forgot to take a picture?  Of course you can, you know how I am about pictures.  lol.

Oh - we did get the tree up.  It's not decorated, but it's up.  Hey, that counts for something, right?  Yeah, OK, fine, add that to the To Do List, too.  I see how you are.

Canning in the garage

This old gas stove is in the garage.  I use my pressure canner out here because I hate the electric cook top in the house because it cycles off and on, making a steady pressure a pain, I don't like cooking on electric stoves in general and I'm afraid the weight of my canner might break it.  

So I use this marvelous old gal in the garage:

Isn't she wonderful in all her turquoise-ness?!?!  

What's in there you ask?

Well, it's venison!

The color is a bit off from reality, but I'm excited.  I've never canned venison before, so I wanted to try it.  I now have seven quarts of venison on my shelf.