I think I have unleased a monster!
After my initial foray into the wild world of culinary delights - namely desserts - I have gone into something I had previously only tasted in Cayman but have now created for myself. Since my first heavy cake endeavour, I have made more and they are still turning out fine. Slight variations in taste, but still OK by my books. Sarah thinks so too.
I have been reviewing the Miss Cleo's Cayman Kitchen book that I borrowed from Janet (not sure when I will give it back at this rate) and found a recipe for cut guavas (also known as stewed guavas). Tonight, after dinner, I decided to give it a go. The recipe was fairly simple
5 lbs of guavas - I picked those from my tree yesterday
8 cups of water
3 cups of water - you need two different batches
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
1/2 tsp red food colouring (skipped this because we don't have any in the house)
1/4 cup of lime juice.
The first thing is to peel the guavas, cut in half and remove the seeds. For those who don't know, a guava that is two inches in diameter once peeled and deseeded, leaves about a 1/4" thick shell. A lot of the fruit is mixed in with the seed - probably about 70%- that is thrown away. In my case, the chickens will enjoy their treat.
Place the guava shells in the 8 cups of water and boil until the tender.
Strain the guavas and place again in 3 cups of water, 3 cups of sugar, cinnamon nad lime juice. Bring to boil then reduce to simmer until you have the consistencey you want, stirring occasionally.
Sound simple enough and it is.
From start to finish, 2 hours. I made a quart and a half of cut guavas.
Tomorrow, Janet and Jennifer, my two "at work samplers", will once more put their lives in my hands as their sample my products!
Still on the cool for us side as temperetures only got up to 74F today in the bright sunshine. Currently the temp is 71 and looks like we will be below 70 tonight. Winds are still blowing from the NE at a constant 20 mph but gusts to 35 are recorded. Perfect sleeping weather!
Goodnght all!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Into the beast
Here is the deep south, we usually have warm 80F days and cool 70F nights - give or take a few degrees. But this year, things have been cool with one nor'wester after another. The odd thing is hearing peoples air conditioning units going on when they can open the windows and get lots of free, cool air!
I had a problem with one of my cameras - the Canon 30D. Some of them suffer from a faulty intermittent shutter switch. What happens is at times, you press the button to focus and take the picture, and nothing happens. No click and no picture. It is all done by electronics and switches.
A bit of research showed me the source of the problem and how to fix it. I had two options, send it away to Canon for a $300 fix (probably represents 75% of the value of the camera) or fix it myself for about $20. I chose the latter.
The switch was delivered this last Wednesday and I attempted the fix as soon as I got home from work. It was fairly straightforwards and within 1/2 hour, I was ready to make the changeover. Another 15 minutes and everything was back together for the big test. And you know what, I successfully completed the repair.
I took a picture with another camera to show what the inside looks like amd the location ofthe replaced part.
Continuing with my baking, I made another heavy cake and it also looks good. Time to try another adventure.
We have a couple guava trees and the fruits are beginning to mature. Fortunately, it is one of those trees that spreads the ripening of its fruits over a month or so. You just don't get it all at once. Janie made guava jam last year and I am going to try stewed guavas sometime soon.
You can Google it to see how simple it is.
Chickens are OK. We now have 4 Rhode Island Reds laying on a steady basis. Over the last two weeks, egg productions has ranged from a low of 3 to a high of 8 per day. Luckily, I have family members who readily take the surplus. I was a bit concerned about their calcum intake but after I put some coral sand in the pen, they readily go and eat some when they want to. The result is strong egg shells.
I had a problem with one of my cameras - the Canon 30D. Some of them suffer from a faulty intermittent shutter switch. What happens is at times, you press the button to focus and take the picture, and nothing happens. No click and no picture. It is all done by electronics and switches.
A bit of research showed me the source of the problem and how to fix it. I had two options, send it away to Canon for a $300 fix (probably represents 75% of the value of the camera) or fix it myself for about $20. I chose the latter.
The switch was delivered this last Wednesday and I attempted the fix as soon as I got home from work. It was fairly straightforwards and within 1/2 hour, I was ready to make the changeover. Another 15 minutes and everything was back together for the big test. And you know what, I successfully completed the repair.
I took a picture with another camera to show what the inside looks like amd the location ofthe replaced part.
Continuing with my baking, I made another heavy cake and it also looks good. Time to try another adventure.
We have a couple guava trees and the fruits are beginning to mature. Fortunately, it is one of those trees that spreads the ripening of its fruits over a month or so. You just don't get it all at once. Janie made guava jam last year and I am going to try stewed guavas sometime soon.
You can Google it to see how simple it is.
Chickens are OK. We now have 4 Rhode Island Reds laying on a steady basis. Over the last two weeks, egg productions has ranged from a low of 3 to a high of 8 per day. Luckily, I have family members who readily take the surplus. I was a bit concerned about their calcum intake but after I put some coral sand in the pen, they readily go and eat some when they want to. The result is strong egg shells.
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