{"id":6633,"date":"2015-09-14T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T21:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=6633"},"modified":"2015-09-14T16:09:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T21:09:35","slug":"it-all-turned-out-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2015\/09\/it-all-turned-out-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"It all turned out ok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salsa-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salsa-2015.jpg\" alt=\"salsa, 2015\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salsa-2015.jpg 450w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salsa-2015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salsa-2015-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salsa-2015-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a day! I started making a batch of salsa at about 9AM. Of course, that starts with gathering and washing jars, etc. I made this recipe last year &amp; absolutely loved it. IMHO this year&#8217;s is good, but not <em>as<\/em> good. Read on to find out why.  Here&#8217;s the recipe for 1\/2 batch &#8211; the size I make.  Feel free to double it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Janet&#8217;s Fruit Salsa<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 large tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>3 large onions<\/li>\n<li>2 red sweet peppers<\/li>\n<li>1-2 red hot peppers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peel the tomatoes.  Roughly chop everything and put it in the food processor.  Pulse to chop some more.  (No need to puree.)<\/p>\n<p>Put the mixture into a large kettle and add:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 Tablespoon salt<\/li>\n<li>4 peaches, peeled &#038; chopped<\/li>\n<li>4 pears, peeled &#038; chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 cups vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1.5-2 sticks cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 Tablespoon whole cloves-in a tea ball or bag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Boil till desired consistency is reached.  Pack hot into hot jars &#038; process.  Makes 7-8 pints.<\/p>\n<p>Things didn&#8217;t go according to plan.  Why?  Well, I got the tomatoes, onions, &#038; peppers in the pan and measured in the sugar and salt.  <strong>OH NO!!<\/strong> I put in enough of both for a FULL recipe and I&#8217;m only making half!  I scooped out what I could, but couldn&#8217;t get a full 2 cups worth.   But it was already wet.  Does wet sugar measure the same a dry sugar?  Who knows?  <\/p>\n<p>So I put what I scooped out into a measuring cup, added more salt since I thought I got all\/most of that since it was on top of the sugar, and set about getting the fruit prepared &#038; in the pot.  The peaches I&#8217;d purchased were not great.  Mealy and not so sweet.  Darn!  High quality produce makes high quality products; the reverse is also true.  Too far into it to do anything about it now.  <\/p>\n<p>While the salsa was cooking down seemed like the perfect time to install the fan\/light in the kitchen.  I had any number of challenges with this, having little to nothing to do with the fan itself.  Although I will now happily concede that Hunter&#8217;s &#8220;5-minute fan&#8221; has it all over their &#8220;regular&#8221; fan.  I had to spend a good 20 minutes doing steps that I didn&#8217;t have to do with their 5-minute fans.<\/p>\n<p>After what seemed like an infinite number of trips up and down the ladder I finally got it installed.  And pulled the chains.  And nothing worked.  WHAT??!!  Did I do something wrong in one of the first steps?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/kitchen-fan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/kitchen-fan.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen fan\" width=\"450\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/kitchen-fan.jpg 450w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/kitchen-fan-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/kitchen-fan-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/kitchen-fan-400x322.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then my brain said, &#8220;Go downstairs and check the panel box.&#8221;  Because of course, like my kids, I didn&#8217;t turn off the breaker before I started.  So maybe I tripped it.  But my electric stove and kitchen radio were still working.  <\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t see any tripped breakers, but did flip the switch on the one that was appropriately labelled.  Back upstairs.  No change in functioning.  Sit and fume a bit.  Back downstairs.  I did find one breaker that looked a bit odd, so flipped it.  Back upstairs.  Voila!<\/p>\n<p>Now the salsa&#8217;s ready to can.  However in the meantime I realized that I no longer own a canner, and my largest pot, which I might use to do a hot water bath, was full of salsa!  I had 2 options.  I could transfer the salsa to another pan (it had cooked down enough to fit in my smaller pan), clean the pan I&#8217;d emptied, and do the hot water bath in 2 batches since the most I could fit in the pan would be 5 jars.  Or I could do the oven canning method, which is HIGHLY frowned upon by &#8216;the professionals.&#8217;  I decided since this was mostly tomatoes (acid food) and had vinegar in it, I&#8217;d risk the oven method.  <\/p>\n<p>By now it was 2PM and I hadn&#8217;t eaten <em>breakfast<\/em> yet! So I ate a bowl of yogurt with blueberries &#038; Grape Nuts, then went outside with Jack for our afternoon walk while the salsa was in the oven.  We came back and I decided I might as well finish weeding a garden area that needs to be done before the landscapers come.  Unfortunately, this area was full of not only those thick, wild violets, but also maple tree roots.  I found out very late in the process that at some point someone had cut down a maybe 3&#8243; diameter maple from here, clearly large enough that they used a small chain saw.  No wonder there were tons of roots! I did too much and now my back is aching.  <\/p>\n<p>I still have about 25&#8243; of AF&#8217;s wrap to weave, and although I was mentally committed, physically I can&#8217;t do it before I head out to my first meeting of the local book club.  I&#8217;m going to sit outside with Jack and let the ibuprophen I just swallowed take hold instead.  Sorry, JM &#038; A!  I PROMISE I&#8217;ll finish tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>What a day! I started making a batch of salsa at about 9AM. Of course, that starts with gathering and washing jars, etc. I made this recipe last year &amp; absolutely loved it. IMHO this year&#8217;s is good, but not as good. Read on to find out why. 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