I ended up skipping one of the weeks of this challenge (preserving in vinegar), because I’m super disorganized these days. I didn’t have vinegar, my basil went bad, I ended up eating all my cilantro, etc. etc. The timing never ended up working out. But just so all of you know, you can preserve things in vinegar! Things like herbs (think salad dressing) and other veggies as well. I may end up getting to it later or I may not.
I’m so far behind on this challenge it’s not even funny. We’re in week four right now – preserving in booze – and I just completed the second task: preserving in fat. I could say that I preserved two different things using the first method, but that’s an excuse and everybody knows it. (Sour pickles and sauerkraut, btw.)
This week the theme of life seems to be “doing it all.” On Monday I freaked out and had a total clean-all-the-things! moment. A couple of my friends and several fellow bloggers are heading towards, in the midst of, or just coming out of overwhelm meltdowns. And throughout, I’ve been thinking about backyard chickens.
When I first moved to Washington last year, I was thrilled to discover that you can buy raw milk here. From the store. For those of you who don’t know about the war over raw milk being waged all over the country, or if you are lucky enough to have lived your life in a state where selling raw milk is legal, this might not seem like a very big deal to you.
