Tuesday, August 16, 2011

What's not to love about vinegar?

Know what you get when you go to your parents' house and they have lots of garden-fresh veggies? A to-go bag. Or in my case, two to-go bags. We call it "grocery shopping in the cabinets." It's a good system for everybody. Especially my pocketbook.

The only items in my grocery bags that I didn't have an immediate use for was the peppers. What can I say, I'm just not a pepper eater. Or a pickled-pepper eater for that matter. In fact, the only people who I know that eat peppers whole are my papaw and my daddy. On the other hand, I know lots of people who like pepper sauce. You know, peppers and vinegar. In a jar. Sitting on your nanny's table. I decided to use my new found summer bounty to make pepper sauce for years to come. To make it pretty and colorful, I went to Target and bought a habenaro and a chili pepper. Orange and red, respectively. After that, I just needed some white vinegar and a jar with a band and lid. Normally, the jar is smaller. Like a pint. I didn't have a pint. So I used what I had.




After washing those pretty peppers, I cut the tops off. Muahhahaha. That was supposed to sound evil. At least it did in my head.



Then, put your peppers in a jar and make it look somewhat asthetically appealing. I added a couple cloves of garlic for fun. Top it off with vinegar and put the lid on. Stick the jar in a cool, dark place until you get ready for it. It basically lasts forever.



What to use the sauce on when it is done? I don't really know. Daddy pours it on cornbread, peas, and other stuff that I can't remember. You could put it on whatever you want. Just not dessert. That would be less than tasty.






Monday, August 1, 2011

It is finished (for now).

I'm done with the Bar exam!!! I'm about 100% positive that I didn't pass it so I'll have to start studying again pretty soon, but for about a week, I'm going to take the week off. No work, no studying, just whatever I want. Because I am a list-maker, I made a list of the things I can't wait to do. Here are some of my favorites:

1. Clean my house. It needs it. Badly.

2. Cook fun things for supper. Things that take more than two minutes in the microwave.

3. RUN!! Well, walk and jog. I haven't exercised in months.

4. Finish all those thank you cards I have left to write. I'm rather excited about this because I've had to put them off for so long and I got some major thanking to do!

5. Read. For fun.

6. Merge the bank accounts. I know, it's about time.

7. Unpack the last of my boxes and box up some things that we just don't have room for right now. I had to add "right now" because I hate ending sentences with prepositions.

8. Not feeling guilty for doing something else than studying. Like blogging. Or sleeping.

9. Starting to wage a war against the dog hair in the house. I. will. win.

10. Not having to cross everything off my lists. This time, it really can wait until tomorrow.