What R you doing today?

[Rocky]

Getting ready to roll out for Shanksville.

Doug, I went to my 50th High School Reunion at Seven Springs last year and a number of us went out to the memorial. It was still under construction. I hope they have lit a fire under the effort to honor these brave people. They had a temporary building with many photos and individual stories of those on board the flight. It looks like it will be a fitting tribute when it is finished.

 

[docanddeb]

My blueberry juice took off like a rocket! Woo Hoo! The smell in the house is amazing!!

Now to make pancakes and use some of the fresh cherry and raspberry jam I made this week.

Debbie

 

[jtstar]

Everyone we are going to Deb's house for pancakes and fresh jam

 

[Redtrk]

Everyone we are going to Deb's house for pancakes and fresh jam

YAY! I will see you there.

 

[docanddeb]

Nothing like fresh jam on pancakes!

You guys can help me drink some of this excess wine too!!

Debbie

 

[Larryh86GT]

I'm just loafing around in my living room and in the kitchen Itsuko is puttering and I hear her singing America the Beautiful. Nice.

Larry

 

[ibglowin]

First week of Fantasy Football!

NFL Redzone channel all day baby!

 

[Runningwolf]

Moved my crab apples to the fermenter today. Wouldn't you know it, half way through I ran out of strainer bags and had to run to Home Depot. Picked up five double (5 gallon) packs so it doesn't happen again. There is 100 pounds here that I picked and froze a few weeks ago.

 

[ffemt128]

Looks good Dan.

Just got back home from Shanksville PA. Service was very nice, we left just at the Marine 1 was leaving. Didn't go to see the president so I didn't miss anything. Service was nice and well attended. Had lunch at Oakhurst Tea Room then headed for home. All in all about a 225 mile ride. I think I'll sleep well this evening.

 

[Tom]

Got 17+#'s of Raspberries today. Lets just say I got a great price. All now in freezer for later steaming.

 

[docanddeb]

I bet it's the same bargain you got before!!

I tried out my transfer pump for the first time.... woo hoo!! It's a little filter set up.. Buono Vino or something like that. Got it used from a wine club member. I don't intend to filter... but it worked great for the transfer I did. I practiced with water first... in case it sprung a leak. Hubby is excited about it.

Next weekend, I should do some bottling.

Debbie

 

[Tom]

Yes close to "before" You will like that filter. If you do White or fruit wines use #2 filter and it will polish your wine.

 

[Redtrk]

Racked the ice wine over to a secondary. I took it's leftovers and the must from the concord and started two new skeeter Pees. Racked the Summer Breeze to a new carboy, and now i'm cooking up and F-pac for my peach wine. It's been a busy evening.

 

[Flem]

Heading up to L'uva Bella in the morning to pick up Pinot Noir, Muscato and Sauvignon Blanc juice buckets.

 

[docanddeb]

A former coworker called and asked if I was interested in some pears.... HECK YES!! We ran out and got them... took them some wine for a swap. We happened to find a couple bottles of an apple wine I did over 2 yrs ago. Her husband loved it. They got a bottle... gotta keep the fruit coming!! I'm going to be able to do pear wine this year... woo hoo!!

Speaking of pear wine... how ripe should the pears be when we freeze them?
I know you core them and cut the bad spots off. Do you chunk them up? What do you put them in to retard browning? I can't wait to do this!
My freezers are almost full... gotta stop buying pizza!

Debbie

 

[marly]

started 2 batches of blueberry wine today, 36 lbs of berries each.picked enough berries to make 5 batches.its great to have family who have cultivated fields of berries .i pick some for them and can pick all i want for free, great deal!!!

 

[Tom]

A former coworker called and asked if I was interested in some pears.... HECK YES!! We ran out and got them... took them some wine for a swap. We happened to find a couple bottles of an apple wine I did over 2 yrs ago. Her husband loved it. They got a bottle... gotta keep the fruit coming!! I'm going to be able to do pear wine this year... woo hoo!!

Speaking of pear wine... how ripe should the pears be when we freeze them?
I know you core them and cut the bad spots off. Do you chunk them up? What do you put them in to retard browning? I can't wait to do this!
My freezers are almost full... gotta stop buying pizza!

Debbie

You want them at the most sweetness. So, usually when they are soft. Hard pears are usually not as sweet as the softer ones.

 

[ffemt128]

My daughter brought me home another (almost 40) lbs of peaches. yesterday. I didn't weigh them. I'm basing the weight on 9 gallon ziplocks and the original ones were almost 5 lbs. I'mm use this for the primary then use the original 17 lbs for my fpac.

 

[SpoiledRotten]

I spent yesterday afternoon(2:00p.m.)-late evening(9:30p.m.) steaming my 30 pounds of peaches. Got about 4 gals from those. I found that the peaches were pretty easy to work with. I pulled them out of the freezer, put about 20 each in water at a time while slicing and removing the pit, quartered them and put in the steamer. Talking about the house smelling good! Wow! Put the PE in the juice this morning and will put other ingredients in this afternoon, top off with the small amount of water to complete the 5.5 gallons, and pitch the yeast tomorrow. I saved about a quart of the juice for an F-pack.

 

[Flem]

Roofing contractor showed up today. Replacing my roof, soffit, fascia, gutters and downspouts. Oh, my aching wallet!!!