Wednesday's post on Thursday

This is the post I meant to send out yesterday; but as usual, I ran out of time. I was busy in the kitchen after I went out to pick the harvest from the garden. Our larger tomato plants are starting to produce red tomatoes now. I also found a red pepper that was almost completely turned red but was knocked down on the ground by the Monday rain. I brought it in so that it could finish ripening inside. I also brought in two more cucumbers and some more cayenne peppers.

Most of these tomatoes will be cored and put into quart sized freezer bags. When a recipe calls for a large tin of tomatoes, I will take a bag out, pour boiling water over these tomatoes, and the skins will slip right off. When the cayenne peppers have completely dried, I will grind them.

I picked another quart of burgundy beans. The plants that I thought were drying up and not going to produce much more, have more buds on them after the rain. I only planted one cherry tomato plant, but it is producing well. We can not use these up fast enough, so I have also been freezing these. They make a great addition to homemade soups. 

And speaking of soups, I put a whole turkey carcass from the freezer into the crock pot on Tuesday night and simmered into soup stock all night. After preparing the veggies from the garden, I picked all the meat from the bones and poured the stock into a container for the fridge. Today I will take the fat from the top and put the pure meat stock into the freezer to make soup later in the Fall. Because the bones were so meaty, I decided to wrap them in cheesecloth and boil them again on top of the stove. I got another lot of soup stock which I will mix with the first. I got quite a bit of turkey meat from this carcass, so I will divide it between the two containers of soup base. 

I got a call from my friend (who had abdominal surgery). She has been using another friend's car for the last two weeks and wanted to return it yesterday. The other friend lives on Amherst Island and has not been using it lately because she is needing surgery early in September. We each of us drove to the ferry. I parked my car on this side, rode over with her in the friend's car, had tea and a chat until the next ferry, and then we  walked on the ferry for the ride back. I was then able to use my car to drive her home. It sounds a little complicated, but was a nice respite from all the kitchen work I was doing. I knew I wouldn't be back until late, so I prepared a Big Salad for dinner with romaine lettuce, a cucumber and cherry tomatoes from the garden. I grilled a large chicken breast which I sliced thinly to go on top of the salad. 

I had planned to go into Kingston yesterday morning, but changed my mind. I will wait to go to the Bulk Barn until next month's food budget. (Remember I ran out of August's budget? I don't NEED to get anything this month) My Sweetie has pool therapy this morning, so he took in the recycling and the drop-off for Value Village. I also got to talk to my mother by phone yesterday. She is sounding very good. She didn't receive the get well card I sent her because she was moved last week, so I will have to send her another. My sister has found a place for them both. It isn't ideal, but they are on a waiting list for the first choice. 

So there you have it....yesterday's post. I hope to write something later today.